Guernsey government could offer £3m towards Hugo centre

The project is set to be built within a new Tourist Information Centre in St Peter Port

A new Victor Hugo Centre in Guernsey could be part-funded by the government, a senior politician has said.

The attraction could take over the current Information Centre building as there are plans for a new Tourist Information Centre in Market Square.

Deputy Neil Inder, President of Economic Development, said the government could provide up to £3m for the move estimated to cost about £7m.

He said he hoped to talk to States members about it in the next term.

'Wrong place'

"It's an economic enabler because the tourist information centre is in the wrong place," he said.

"Our committee has made a decision to move it out sometime between May and October."

Writer Victor Hugo spent 14 years in Guernsey, beginning in 1855 while in exile from the French emperor.

He wrote Les Miserables, Toilers of the Sea, The Man Who Laughs, The Legend of the Ages and Ninety-Three while at Hauteville House in St Peter Port.

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