This is Mézy sur Seine !!!

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Another of my memorable times while living in Versailles and working in Paris for 9+ years was coming to these quant towns off the beaten path such as Mézy sur Seine. I found some pictures in my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me, And again thanks for reading me since Nov 2010! Therefore, this is my take on this is Mézy sur Seine !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

The town of Mézy-sur-Seine is located in the Yvelines department no, 78 in the Île-de-France region of my belle France, It is located 12 km from Mantes-la-Jolie, 7 km from Seraincourt, 3 km from Meulan-en-Yvelines, 2,5 km from Hardricourt , 5 km from Les Mureaux 8 km from Flins-sur-Seine, 34 km from Versailles, and 500 km from my current home. It is served by the road D190, which connects Poissy to Mantes-la-Jolie. The town is included in the perimeter of the Vexin Regional Natural Park (see post). It is a town whose territory extends along the right bank of the Seine and in the wooded massif of Hautil on the southern edge of the Vexin. It also encompasses an island in the Seine, the Île de Mézy, opposite Flins-sur-Seine. The town covers 4.8 km² and has a population of 2,296.Very close quarters for many years and many family memories of all the before mentioned towns.

The Church Saint-Germain located on rue du Château is dedicated to Saint Germain,and was first built in the 12C. Ravaged by the English during the Hundred Years’ War, it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style, as evidenced by the bell tower. It was never completed; the vaults were installed in the 19C, as well as the stained-glass windows, the high altar, and the pulpit. The church has beautiful statues of Mary and saints, including Saint Louis, baptized in Poissy. It benefited from a complete reconstruction in the middle of the 16C, with a new consecration in 1554. The Church Saint-Germain thus represents one of the rare churches entirely rebuilt in the flamboyant Gothic style in the Vexin area. The influences of the Renaissance, in full swing at the time of the reconstruction, are still limited to the mode nature in the choir, and the tracery of some of the windows. The arrangement of the nave’s side elevations, with a floor of high windows, is probably inherited from the previous churches, and the large arcades are apparently re-cut from the early 13C. The church is particularly noteworthy for the beautiful scale of the central nave. Remaining unfinished, it only received most of its vaulting in the 1870s, but the bell tower was not built beyond the base, and the western portal is devoid of any decoration. In 2009-2010, a pipe organ of ancient construction was purchased and installed in the church at the initiative of a parishioner, supported by the town and the population.

The first church was built on its current site in the 11C or 12C. A century later, this church proved too small, so the Viscount of Meulan, Amaury I, decided to build a larger one; it would be dedicated to Saint-Denis. Burned down by the English during the Hundred Years’ War, it was restored in the 16C, consecrated on November 19, 1554, and dedicated to Saint Germain. The grouping of this parroquial town’s churches include those of Meulan-en-Yvelines, Évecquemont, Gaillon, Hardricourt, Mézy-sur-Seine, Tessancourt, Vaux-sur-Seine, and Triel-sur-Seine as member towns of the parish group of Meulan-Triél on their churches. I have written posts on many of these towns in my blog.

Passing see the quant building of the City Hall of Mézy-sur-Seine located at 1 place Paul Bargeton.

Other things to see here, me think are the Villa Paul-Poiret, a large villa built in 1923 for the couturier Paul Poiret, known for his daring, is considered a precursor of the Art Deco style. He created the fashion house that bears his name in 1903. then inhabited by Elvire Popesco, a Romanian and French actress and theater director, she remarried for the third time, in September 1939 with Maximilien Sébastien Foy, she thus became Baroness and Countess Foy and held in the former villa of Paul Poiret, which she bought in 1934 a salon frequented by the whole of Paris. Berthe Morisot, impressionist painter, lived in Mézy from 1890 to 1891 see the house at rue Alfred-Lasson, In modern times, famous people stayed there such as Jean Jaurès or the writer François-René de Châteaubriand. who stopped off at the Château de Mézy when he went to Fontenay-Saint-Père ;he talks about it in Les Mémoires d’outre tombe or Memoirs from Beyond the Grave,

The town of Mézy sur Seine on its history : https://www.mairie-mezy.fr/la-commune.html

The parroquial group of Meulan-Triel sur Seine on its churches see Mézy sur Seine : https://meulan-triel.fr/index.php/le-groupement-paroissial-meulan-triel/

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 ! Mézy sur Seine is nice and walking its main streets is a delight. Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is Mézy sur Seine !!!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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