This is Chatou !!!

Posted in France, Paris, Versailles

And I need to tell you about this wonderful town and update an older post on it with new text and links, This will be in my black and white series,no pictures, It will be sort of an introduction to the City, Therefore, let me tell you a bit on this is Chatou !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

Chatou is in my old Yvelines dept 78 in the Île de France region of my belle France, This City is a world apart home of the impressionists painters of fame, The City is just 10 km from Paris, bordering the Seine river, and 14 km from Versailles,   The main roads here are along avenue du Maréchal Foch , A86 by the Seine ,and then the D186 (old N186) passing by Le Vésinet and Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Also, the D321 that connects Carriéres-sur-Seine to Croissy-sur-Seine. The town is service by the RER A at the Gare de Chatou connecting with Paris.

In 1878, Camille Perier’s villa was bought by the town and became the town hall. A campanile was added in 1879 to this new town hall. The Maison Levanneur house is opposite the house Fournaise. Frequented in particular by Maurice de Vlaminck and André Derain. Until 2017, it houses the National Center Edition Art Image (CNEAI) Since 2018, the Maison Levanneur is welcoming a contemporary art gallery La Galerie Bessieres which exhibits international artists including among others Shawn Huckins, Stephen Ormandy or Christopher Kuhn. The Maison Fournaise is a former taverns-hotel from the 19C, it now houses a restaurant again and the municipal museum which retains collections on the history of the site and the canoeing, one of the first modern leisure on the water. Many artists attended this place, including Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot, Édouard Manet, Guy de Maupassant…The Notre-Dame Church is a Romanesque church in limestone from the 13C, built on the site of the first church of Chatou built in wood in the 11C. From this initial building, only the bell tower and the bedside remain

A bit of history I like. The place exists since the gallo-roman times, and from the 6C there was a village here. After many hand changes and lordship it came to the end of the 19C , its most famous claim. The
Impressionist painters and then the Fauvism were interested in the town. The last Merovingian kings have a royal home at Aupec Abbey (Le Pecq). An act of Bertefrid Bishop of Amiens concerning the foundation of the Corbie monastery is made at the “palace” of Chatou in 663; It is signed among others by Saint Renobert bishop of Bayeux. In 704 Childebert III gave the monks of the Abbey of Aupec the land of Aupec and its outbuildings. It is likely that Chatou is one of them. From the 9C, the abbeys and lordships of Chatou and Croissy appeared on the edge of the woods of Vésinet and on the banks of the Seine. Thus, almost at the same time, the villages of Chato (Chatou), Crociacico (Croissy) and Mons Texonis (Montesson) are formed. In titles of 1050 and 1114, Chatou and Montesson are qualified as cities. The old archives indicate that the church of Chatou which dates from the 12C is a cure provided with a vicar and that the city is fortified in 1360, Montesson is separated from Chatou. In 1775, Henri Bertin bought the seigneury of Chatou to Monsieur d’Allard. He restores the Château-Vieux, and built on the soufflot plains, the Nymphée of Chatou and also built a second castle, which was destroyed in 1910. Henri Bertin is the last lord of Chatou,

There is a  great flea market festival of things going on for 107th Edition this coming September 2024. The official Foire de  Chatou: http://www.foiredechatou.com/

The official Musée Fournaise :https://www.musee-fournaise.com/www_musee_en

The City of Chatou on its heritage : https://www.chatou.fr/Mes-loisirs/Patrimoine

The local Seine Saint Germain tourist office on Chatou : https://www.seine-saintgermain.fr/en/exploring-saint-germain-boucles-de-seine/chatou/

There you go folks, a wonderful gorgeous area of my former Yvelines and worth the detour indeed, This is what leisure life and culture is all about, Chatou is it, Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is Chatou as I.

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







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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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