This is Davron !!!

Posted in France, Versailles

And coming back to my old stumping road warrior area ,and catching up on my many photos ,most in my cd rom vault to bring you new areas and ideas to visit my belle France, here is a new one. Therefore, let me tell you a bit about this is Davron !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The village of Davron is located in the Yvelines department no 78 , in the Île-de-France region of my belle France, It is on the Versailles plain, 19 km from Versailles and 15 km from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and 455 km from my current home. The town is served by the road D307, which connects Versailles to the Mauldre valley.



The lavoir Saint Blaise washhouse dates from 1893. It consists of a rectangular basin and another square basin. The washerwomen were protected by a canopy on three sides. At the time, it was a meeting place for women. A cattle trough of the same dimensions adjoins the washhouse and testifies to Davron’s agricultural vocation, a stopover on the “ox trail” that led to the Poissy livestock market.(see post).

Other things to see here is the Church Saint Marie Magdalene dates back to 1098, during the reign of Philip I. Construction began there and was completed in 1115, under Louis VI the Fat.

A bit of history tell us that around 1117-1130, a Benedictine priory dedicated to Saint Magdalene was built by Nivard de Poissy. The convent buildings occupied the north and west sides of the church. The priory was part of the Abbey of Josaphat. It possessed a rare copy of the famous Martyrology of Usuard, known as the Davron or Davéronian Codex, which had been written by Usuard, a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the late 9C. Davron was a hamlet in the neighboring parish of Feucherolles until the French revolution. Three hectares of vines were planted in 2016 on the edge of the village. A first in a century. Before the phylloxera epidemic that decimated the plants at the end of the 19C, the vineyard in Île-de-France was the largest, covering 44,000 hectares. The first in Île-de-France, whose premier crus could be tasted from 2021 at the Domaine de La Bouche du Roi , The official Domaine de La Bouche du Roi : https://la-bouche-du-roi.com/

The Village of Davron on its history/heritage : http://www.davron.fr/le-village/histoire-et-patrimoine

There you go folks, the area of my first official home in France and always remember fondly, my nostalgic Yvelines the cradle of the kingdom of France and lovely towns all over with great architecture and history,  Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is Davron !!! 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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