I am looking at my vault these last few days and encountering many pictures not yet on my blog, do not know why… This town is very small but always will be on my mind ,and I am becoming sentimental again. I like to tell you a bit more on the village of Chambry in Seine et Marne dept 77 of the Île de France region in my belle France. Therefore, here is my take on this is my sentimental Chambry !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
Brief personal note: When I first met the women that later would be my wife, her mother lived here. It was my first home in
France! I used to joke (tried) with my in-laws saying ” Did you saw Jules Ceasar passed by here?” joking that there was nothing here but wheat fields! After many years it became my second home and of course we visited often enough to know every street in the village. My dear late wife Martine has passed away (2018) ,and now this past December her mother Yvette passed away too (2019). I still have the 3 sisters and brother living in other villages nearby but the trips have become less. Nevertheless, it is a sentimental big spot for me in Chambry, Seine et Marne dept 77 of my belle France, always remember and they even have a bus line now lol !!! Below the house, my bedroom and my dog Rex walking in balcony. And a family kaledeoscope from the funeral service 2019 below of the mother of my wife. Of course, we are there.
Chambry is a village located 7 km north of Meaux. It has less than 1000 inhabitants. For the rememberence and history oriented folks (like me) you need to come here for the memorials and cemeteries of WWI. These are the monument known as
Monument of the Four Roads (des Quatre-Routes) erected in 1915 by order of General Galliéni dedicated to the memory of the soldiers of the Army of Paris who won the Battle of the Ourcq. Alos, the National Necropolis a French military cemetery bringing together 1,331 bodies including 341 in individual graves and 990 in ossuary’s. And on the other side the German military cemetery ,created for the German soldiers who died during the Battle of the Marne. Theater of violent engagements during the
Battle of the Ourcq (WWI September 1914). The Battle of the Ourcq marks the beginning of the first Battle of the Marne. It engages the 6th French army, part of the British army and the 1st German army.
The local Meaux Marne Ourcq tourist office on the cemetery of Chambry : https://www.meaux-marne-ourcq.com/en/discover/4673717_cimetiere-communal/
The local Meaux Marne Ourcq tourist office on the National Necropolis of Chambry: https://www.meaux-marne-ourcq.com/decouvrir/4673696_necropole-nationale/
The local Meaux Marne Ourcq tourist office on the German cemetery : https://www.meaux-marne-ourcq.com/decouvrir/4673650_cimetiere-militaire-allemand/
The circuit of the battle of the Marne 1914 : https://www.circuit-bataille-marne1914.fr/en
Still has a nice small Church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, 15C, damaged in 1940, and restored after 1944 The church, originally called Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption, was renamed Saint-Pierre-et-Saint Paul. (St Peter and St Paul). I have the pictures on a family funeral service for the husband (2021) of youngest sister of my wife.
The Pays de Meaux tourist office on Chambry: https://www.agglo-paysdemeaux.fr/fr/commune/chambry.html
There you go folks, there you can go thru the Roman towns lol! in a remote area of my nostalgic Chambry. After all, Chambry according to local tradition would have been an area given by Julius Caesar to one of his legionnaires in the 1C BC. Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is my sentimental Chambry !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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