This is Plaisir !!

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This was an area near my old home that I frequented with the family for shopping, and my boys school friends activities. This is my rendition to the City of Plaisir. The City of Plaisir is located in the Yvelines department 78, in the Île-de-France region of my belle France. It is 30 km from the Porte d’Auteuil Paris, and 13 km from Versailles, The town is made up of several hamlets spread over two separate trays, from east to west, by the Bois-d’Arcy national forest ,and its western end known as forest of the Cranne and, the Park of the Château de Plaisir, and the forest of Sainte-Apolline. I found me a picture and decided to mention this City in my blog of nice memories of always in my former department area, Therefore, this is Plaisir !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

Many stores that we enjoy shopping even the hypermarket Auchan at mon grand plaisir, memories forever, if you like shopping get a car and come here you will love it,

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The official shopping center Grand Plaisir : https://mongrandplaisir.com/

A modern shopping experience with brands such as H&M, Sephora, Swaroski, Avril, Zara, Hema…Not bad now totally renovated on an eco motif.

The official shopping center aushopping Plaisir : https://plaisir.aushopping.com/fr

The town of Plaisir is served by the national road N12 (Paris-Brest), via Dreux ,my usual way lately coming from Brittany. It is crossed in a North-South axis by the D30 road which links Poissy and Feucherolles to the north at a place called Gâtines and prolonged to the south towards Élancourt and Saint-Quentin- En-Yvelines by the D58 road. This is the one taken when lived in Versailles, The Plaisir train station – Les Clayes, and the bus no 100 of the Bus network in Poissy – Les Mureaux. The train never but the bus was taken couple times by my sons to see friends as they lived in Plaisir and went for birthdays celebrations as well as by car with the parents.

Some of the things to see in Plaisir are : The Château de Plaisir, which dates from the 17C and was bought by the town in 1976. The Saint-Pierre Church in Romanesque style, built between 1260 and 1263, was restored between 1855 and 1859, The church shelters three bas reliefs, one of the 16C in stone, the other two of the 18C in sculpted wood as well as a statue of virgin and the child of the 14C in stone, The priory, small manor sheltering the City/town hall since 1971, has been built at the end of the 19C on the site of a Benedictine priory, recalled by a Latin phrase on the top of the entrance gate: “HIC Fait Benedictorum Prioratus” (here, there was a priory of Benedictines). The Robert-Manuel Theater, formerly Théâtre de la Grange, has 178 seats and is located in the commons of the Château de Plaisir.

A bit of history I like tell us that the land here became the property of the Abbey of Saint-Denis in 768. The construction of the priory dates from the 8C and the Saint-Pierre Church in the middle of the 13C, The territory entered the royal domain by the marriage of François I with Claude de France. In 1537,it had the stronghold of Neauphle-le-Château, -Plaisir in favor of his mistress, Anne de Pisseleu, From the 1960s, Plaisir underwent an explosion of urbanization, attributed to the creation of the new city of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (see post), On the legal level, at a time attached to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, it will leave the new city in 1983 by yielding the Cléf-Saint-Pierre in Élancourt and Trappes,

The City of Plaisir on its heritage : https://www.ville-plaisir.fr/territoire/patrimoine

There you go folks, another dandy in my belle France, A town off the beaten path trails and worth the detour especially if you are into shopping, Again, a wonderful memorable area of mine and my family. Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is Plaisir as I,

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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