This is Beynes !!!

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The town of Beynes is in the Yvelines department 78 , in the Île-de-France region of my belle France. The town extends into the Mauldre valley,and is 25 km from Versailles, 25 km from Mantes-la-Jolie, 29 km from Rambouillet, 71 km from Chartres, with closer towns already mentioned in my blog as Montainville, Créspieres, and Vicq, The town is 463 km from my current home, Again found me several pictures in my cd rom vaults that should be in my blog for you and me, Therefore, this is my take on this is Beynes !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

Another of my memorable times while living in Versailles was coming to these quant towns off the beaten path such as Beynes. Went by it on the D191 many times on my way south to France and Spain to avoid tolls ! The main road access is by D191, which crosses the town and can link up with the A10 south. The northbound direction leads to Épône, on the old N13, and the A13 autoroute de Normandie. The southbound direction leads to Beynes, then to N12, and beyond, to Rambouillet.

The lavoir Grand Moulin or wash house on Avenue de la Gare is the only one of the three wash houses in the town still standing, Located on the bed of the Mauldre River, In the town of Beynes there were three communal wash houses, installed on the banks of the Mauldre: the Pont de l’Estandard, the Pont Barat, and the one that is shown here, the Grand Moulin wash house. This one is still there, while the other two have disappeared , The Grand Moulin wash house,was restored in 2022.

The Gare de Beynes train station is located at 16 Avenue de la Gare (never use it) It is on the Plaisir – Grignon to Épône – Mézières line sitting in between the Plaisir – Grignon and Mareil-sur-Mauldre stations. It was opened on August 30, 1900. This SNCF station has a passenger building with a ticket office, Transilien ATM and the real-time train information system. It is equipped with two side platforms: platform 1 has a useful length of 250 meters for platform 1 and platform 2 has a useful length of 200 meters. Platforms are changed via an underground passage.

A bit of history tell us that the territory of Beynes was attached to the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris from the 8C. In the 12C, from 1181, Beynes became the lordship of the House of Montfort. In the 14C, Robert VII d’Estouteville had a fortified castle built, and the town participated in the defense of Paris against the English. In 1536, the lordship of Beynes was given to Diane de Poitiers by King Henry II.

The town of Beynes on its history/heritage : https://beynes.fr/article/histoire-de-beynes

The local Coeur d’Yvelines tourist office on the heritage of Beynes : https://www.coeur-yvelines.fr/patrimoine/nos-communes/beynes/

The Beynes history and heritage association : https://beyneshistoirepatrimoine.fr/

There you go folks, another quant off the beaten path trip in my old backyard. Oh yes there is more to see an ever ending source of wonderful architecture and history in my belle France, I am working on it ! Beynes is nice and sentimental as passed by it many times on my short road warriors trails south. Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is Beynes !!! 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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