The Bergerie Nationale of Rambouillet !!!

Posted in Europe, France, Versailles

This is one of those town we came for the history we read and passing nearby many times on the N10 , we decided to stop by, finally a while back, and the rest is history as they said. Rambouillet is a nice town, very much visited later on while living in Versailles. I like to tell you about a wonderful spot out of finding me older pics in my cd rom vault for you and me. This is Rambouillet in my former dear Yvelines dept 78 of the region of Île de France in my belle France! Therefore, here is my take on the Bergerie Nationale of Rambouillet !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I. 

Rambouillet is at about 45 km (28 mi)  from Paris and 29 km (18 mi) from Versailles.  Very well connected town by road with the main routes, the N10 avoiding city center passing on the east in direction of  Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, and  Paris (the prefer route) as it also connects you to the autoroutes  A12, A13 and  A86, as well as the nice D191 towards Mantes-la-Jolie, and to the west direction Chartres connecting with the autoroutes A10 ,and  A11 by Ablis . Also,  the D906 connecting Rambouillet with Maintenon on the west, and the D936 connecting Rambouillet with Houdan and onwards to Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines and  Dourdan. All good roads and many times traveled by yours ; truly.

The Bergerie Nationale also has a museum of the Sheep or musée du mouton. Built by king Louis XVI with imported merino sheeps from Spain. It has a working farm with about 1000 sheeps. There are cows and donkeys, goats,pigs,horses, all living as before. You can have horse wagon rides, and demonstrations.

This was done for Louis XVI, in his field as was about improving the production of French wool. In 1785, in the park of the estate of Rambouillet, which he had just acquired from the Duke of Penthièvre, Louis XVI had an experimental farm built. He got from the King of Spain the privilege of importing a herd of Merinos. This herd, departed from Segovia on June 15, 1786, led by 4 Spanish shepherds, crossed the Pyrenees, then the Landes, where they spent the summer resting. They, then won the city, in stages of 10 to 15 km per day. Upon their arrival on October 12, 1786, after 119 days of a journey of 1500 km, they had lost only one ram and 16 sheep. The climate of Rambouillet is not what these animals are used to and many lambs don’t survive their first winter. The survivor herd is adjusting well to their new environment. The “pure breed merino” is still present in Rambouillet.

The official Bergerie Nationale: https://www.bergerie-nationale.fr/qui-sommes-nous/patrimoine-bati/

The city of Rambouillet on the Bergerie Nationale: https://rambouillet.fr/loisirs/tourisme/bergerie-nationale/

The Rambouillet tourist office on the activities of the Bergerie Nationale: https://www.rambouillet-tourisme.fr/en/evenements/la-bergerie-nationale-les-evenements-2024/

The Yvelines dept 78 tourist office on the Bergerie Nationale: https://www.destination-yvelines.fr/fermes/bergerie-nationale-de-rambouillet/

There you go folks, another dandy royal, imperial, and presidential city to you.  You will love it at Rambouillet and still an off the beaten path site me think. Again hope you enjoy the post on the Bergerie National of Rambouillet !!! 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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