Curiosities of Les Mureaux, part II !!

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Let me take you back to my old dept 78 Yvelines and my road warrior trips of always! I am updating this older post with new text and links for you and me, This is a historical town for aviation/aeronautics folks but remains in the off the beaten path. Les Mureaux sitting between the N14/A15 and A13 highways and direct train to gare St Lazare in Paris. Therefore, let me tell you a bit about curiosities of Les Mureaux, part II !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

As an ongoing desire to show you the other France, not really the tourist trail but the real working France; let me showcase this town which has been renown for years as the Aeronautical /Aviation center of France, sleepy now but we went there for a visit.  I am talking about Les Mureaux, not a bright spot in your map but it has some nice events and pretty sights by the Seine river with cruises stop. We went there for the Seine en Auto show (see post) where they put brand new cars from different dealers on the street! And we came back several years while living in Versailles.

Some of the places to see here, me think are : the tours of the EADS complex but need to go thru them or inquire at  the city hall in Les Mureaux. Other than that there are five nice parks or parcs name here as remarkable gardens designation; these are the park at the Castle of Becheville (17C) visited by the writer n Stendhal in 1811,today houses the Conservatoire or music conservatory of the town.(see post) The park de l’Oseraie (1874) see post; the park Jean Vauzelle (end 19C.), by  rue Carnot,in the old town section; the park  Sautour (1985), and the park de l’Hermitage (1987). The city participate in the contest for the most flowery towns of France or the  Concours des villes et villages fleuris from which has gotten a 3 flowers designation out of a possible 4.

Other sites worth mentioning are : the Dolmen des Gros Murs,a big funeral room for about 60 bodies completely covered by a tumulus (big stone cover) located in private property by 19 rue des Murets where you can see it from the street. Maison Bouvaist, currently a Paléoscope, a mini castle in brick and stones from 1879, built on the borders of the Seine river and in the parc de l’Oseraie by rue des Gros-Murets. The nice quaint  Club house du Cercle de la voile de Paris (Circle of sailing club of Paris) built in  1893 on the Seine river. The Church St Peter and Saint Paul or Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul,(see post) done in the neo gothic style and finished in 1896.

Les Mureaux cercle de voile de paris

Oh yes Les Mureaux is in  Yvelines dept 78 of the région of Île-de-France,and only 39 km west of Paris, and about 30 km from Versailles, on the banks of the Seine river.  The name comes from  murus (defensive wall), and a river port was there from the 1C BC.  It has a a direct train line J to Gare Saint Lazare and back to Mantes-la-Jolie. The autoroute de Normandie A13 passes right by it at exit or sortie 8 ,also , the D154 connects to Verneuil-sur-Seine and  Vernouillet and eventually to Poissy and the D14  connects to Flins-sur-Seine and Aubergenville. Also, back away directino Meulan sur Seine you get on the D14 that takes you to the N14 (A15 out of Paris) direction Rouen.

A bit of history I like tell us that after the death of her husband king Philippe III le Hardi in 1285, Marie de Brabant retired to her deuil in Les Mureaux, where she died in 1321. In the Middle Ages, the town belonged to the Counts of Meulan. Also, during two centuries the Vion family originally from Burgundy had the lordships of Mureaux  and Becheville. In 1902 the aviation starts in Les Mureaux, and continues today with the site of the EADS the European Space and Defense agency where the rockets are assembled for later shipment to Guyanne and launch. In 1924 , Les Mureaux host the sailing competition of the Olympic Games . In  1952  the first flight of Noratlas, military transport airplane built in the factory at Les Mureaux. Nowdays, the city is attach to the metro agglomeration of the Grand Paris Seine et Oise.with an extension from  Rolleboise to Conflans-Sainte-Honorine reunating 73 towns,and becoming the most populated urban area in France and the only one with no city center/downtown area.

The City of Les Mureaux on its aeronautic/aviation history : https://www.lesmureaux.fr/Les-Mureaux,-ville-d-air-et-d-espace/15033/

The official Villes et Villages Fleuris de France on Les Mureaux: https://www.villes-et-villages-fleuris.com/les-communes-labelisees/parcs-et-jardins-les-mureaux/32247

The official Grand Paris Seine et Oise (GPSEO) metro area on Les Mureaux:   https://gpseo.fr/votre-communaute-urbaine/votre-territoire/les-73-communes/les-mureaux

The private citizen supported site on things to do/see in Les Mureaux: https://lesmureaux.info/les-mureaux-une-ville-a-vivre/

There you go folks, another off the beaten path of my belle France, and just right next to Paris, easy does by train or car, For the adventorous curious and aviation fans. Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Les Mureaux ,part II 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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