This is Sceaux !!!

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I like to tell you a bit on the small town; you might recall the name, Sceaux. There is a wonderful castle and park which I am lucky to found me a picture in my cd rom vault to do this post for you and me, I will tell you a lot more than the picture, all worth it me think, The town of Sceaux is located in the Hauts-de-Seine department 92 in the Île-de-France region of my belle France. Therefore, here is my take on this is Sceaux !! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The town of Sceaux is located 13 km from Paris, 14 km from Versailles, 32 km from Saint Germain en Laye, and 471 km from my current home, It has several local roads that criss cross the town such as the D60 located on the city’s eastern border with Bourg-la-Reine. The D 74 then D 75 begins at the tripoint with Bourg-la-Reine and Bagneux, the D 67 starting from Fontenay-aux-Roses and the intersection with the D 74 to the north, Others not crossing the town entirely are the D 920, D 77 and the D 63. Sceaux is connected to the RER network via two RER B at Sceaux and Robinson, terminus of the line.

However, the main thing here and what brought to this town is the Domaine de Sceaux, parc et musée d’ile de France, a museum of the region, and garden design by the great Le Notre. However as I found me more pictures will do this one in my black and white series, no pictures. Do see the domaine post soon. 

Some of the other things to see here are the church of Sceaux built in 1214. The current Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste, located at no. 1 rue du Docteur Berger, was built in 1476 to replace the 13c church. The former City/town hall at 68 rue Houdan was built in 1843. The Jardin des Félibres stands not far from the home of the Occitan fabulist Florian. He is buried in the garden since 1839, and his tomb contains a bust. It was erected as a sanctuary for the Félibres, an Occitan cultural and literary association founded by Frédéric Mistral in 1854. The Bal de Sceaux, the first work of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine, has the country ball at Sceaux as its backdrop. The town is also popular with architecture enthusiasts, as a number of Sceaux houses are architect-designed. It is thus possible to see domestic houses designed by Pol Abraham, Paul Nelson, Robert Mallet-Stevens, André Lurçat, Victor Baltard, Bruno Elkouken, Hector Guimard and Louis Arretche.

A bit of history tell us that the existence of the parish of Sceaux is attested for the first time by a document from 1203. Charlotte Baillet, wife of Louis Potier de Gesvres, bought the entire estate in 1597. Until the French revolution and the confiscation of the estate as national property in 1793, the history of the village of Sceaux remained inseparable from that of the estate and its successive owners: after Colbert, his eldest son, the Marquis de Seignelay, then the Duke and Duchess of Maine, and the Duke of Penthièvre, among the most notable. In 1793, Sceaux, then called Sceaux-Penthièvre, took the name Sceaux-l’Unité. Sceaux became the capital of the Seine department in 1800.

The Hauts de Seine dept 92 tourist office on the château museum de Sceaux :  https://www.hauts-de-seine.fr/mon-departement/les-hauts-de-seine/missions-et-actions/culture/le-chateau-de-sceaux-musee-departemental-1

The Sceaux tourist office on the park of Sceaux : https://tourisme.sceaux.fr/decouvrir-sceaux/le-parc-du-domaine-de-sceaux

The town of Sceau on its heritage : https://www.sceaux.fr/ma-ville/une-ville-patrimoine

There you go folks, another quant ,nice beautiful castle park of Sceaux in my former backyard. Oh yes ,the museum is very famous but people tend to overlook the pretty park and garden, and it is a pity. Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is Sceaux !!! 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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