Since the St Beatus , we head for the Rue Charles de Gaulle. We cheat from the market square onto Rue de Montfort, and Herald of Sechelles. Right, we reach the castle park Epône , with its superb farmhouse. After a few photos, we take the wood to cross Gr28 Mezieres.
Namely: inhabited since prehistoric times, EPON has the largest number of megalithic monuments of Mantois (dolmens to the fort and Justice, site of the Gauls at the confluence of the Seine and Mauldre). Very early on, and Mézières Epône belong to the church of Paris. The canons of Notre Dame lead the village. They erect the Church of St. Beatus in the 12th century before a sacred spring. The Roman tower displays two floors out of a cord corbels carved grinning heads. Meanwhile, have created a market and a leper colony, became Hotel Dieu. Around 1270, a mansion is reported. In 1595, the Des Fosses become lords of Epône and remain until the late 17th century. On the eve of the revolution, a castle was erected on the old manor. It remains today as the flag of David who has long frequented the castle. Called the temple of friendship, that flag would be the first known Masonic temple. In 1791, Herald of Sechelles it receives Camille Desmoulins and Danton. Then in 1793, the place was the scene of celebrations in honor of the goddess Reason. With the arrival of the railroad, a subdivision is built in Elisabethville, while the Renault factory installed near the highway.
After great efforts, we crossed the pretty village of Senneville, which houses the chapel of St. John and a Protestant church. We win then Guerville, where we take the time to appreciate the church and laundry St Martin . We continue on and reach Gr26 Auffreville with its chapel of St. Bartholomew and mill on Vaucouleur.
Namely: overlooking the Seine and framing a dry valley, the region is densely occupied since ancient times. Guerville is quoted as 690. St Martin's Church was built in the 13th century. Her slender figure differs from the other churches in the township. In 1335, Pierre de Mézel sells his mansion to the Carthusian monastery of Vauvert lez Paris who keeps it until the revolution. In 1835, relations with the residents of Senneville, Fresnel and La Plagne will tend strongly to cause the cure of which implements Guerville Protestantism in the town. In the village, the source St Martin has the virtue of caring for sick children. It is converted into laundry room, restored in the 20th. Limestone quarries have developed a large cement industry. A Auffreville , the water mill adjacent to the castle, is mentioned by Jacques du Vaudavid, Lord of Auffreville in 1552. The latter is built on the former stronghold of Hugh of Auffreville in a house with dovecote, stables and courtyard surrounded by ditches. It is also the owner of the mill. In 1597, he sold his estate to the family of Hallot which retains the manor until 1770. In 1719, the bishop of Chartres permitted to rebuild the chapel erected in the courtyard. The current castle was built on the ruins of the precedent that it has retained four corner turrets. The bridge was built in 1830 by architect Vivenel.
After a detour to the mansion Soindres , we climb a new hill and then walk along the castle Magnanville transformed into a retirement home. Later, we cross Buchelay we descend towards Mantes la Jolie to admire, among other things, his superb Notre Dame College.
Namely: to Magnanville in 1720, Charles Savalette, farmer-general, had built a castle with 50 apartments and a theater in sumptuous surroundings. Upon his death in 1756, his son inherited and sold in 1767 to the field of Tavernier Boullongne of Préninville. Dependencies are now converted into local socio-cultural. At Mantes , the collegiate dominates the city since the reign of Louis VI. After Philip the Fair, last abbot Royal Mantes, the college is entrusted to a Dean appointed by the king. After several seasons of work, it is completed around the middle of the 13th century. The north tower was added between 1492 and 1508. By 1850, the architect Alphonse Durand began the restoration. Besides, the Hotel Dieu was first located on the St Maclou, then near the door of the Fort. Nuns, Augustine then, including caring for the poor, orphans and pilgrims. Decommissioned in 1854, this place hosts a photography workshop in succession, a theater, a cinema to become a museum. Spanning the Seine, a bridge built in 1195 welcomes mills and fisheries. The structure was rebuilt in stone in 1613 by Sully. The central tower collapsed during the 17th and the porters' lodge demolished in 1745. In the late 18th century, the building became dilapidated and another bridge was built downstream. The last mill collapsed in 1875. The old bridge is then used to walk for pedestrians, until it was bombed during the Second World War.
Crossing the Seine, we observe a moment the old ferryman's house , located at the end of the old bridge. Arrived at Limay, we seek the Rue du Clos St Marc. Above, a doctor calls us to cross the park Mousset castle. By the feel of the same name, we reach the street looks that rise towards the castle Célestins .
Namely: history of Limay is closely linked to that of Mantes. In 978, the Countess Letgarde, cousin of Hugh Capet, yields at the Abbey of St Father's Valley area of Limay. The church of St Aubin is built in 1150 under the leadership of Agnes de Montfort. She underwent several revisions, including a portal flamboyant style in the 17th. In 1281, the right to justice in the village was bought by the town of Mantes. In 1376, the Celestine monastery is promulgated by Charles V. The monks began to produce wine, very appreciated by Henri IV. Capuchin soon settled near Celestine, yet their dissolution is declared by Pope Pius VI in 1778. The buildings were destroyed during the revolution, but a new castle was built in a style Italian neo-classical in the 19th. Meanwhile, the castle is built Mousset in the 18th. It regularly hosts the Brotherhood of St Saviour chapel, attached to Celestine. Anne Force, favorite of Louis XVIII, lives during the summer. In 1899, the estate was sold to Baron Lawrence Atthalin, Rapporteur of the Dreyfus trial. The composer Ernest Chausson died there accidentally and the castle was sold in 1945 at the Russian Embassy who uses it as summer camp and rest home for Russian diplomats. The town has now specialized in vegetable production for the Paris markets.
We assemble further to the cross of wood monks. No trees here, but a sports field and bitumen. We flee to the plains that have disfigured careers. Fortunately, nearby the castle The Meslier escaped the massacre, along with his farm. Then across the fields, we join with his Guitrancourt St Ouen . We follow now the Gr2 leading us under the cool trees. But at the heart of the forest, bulldozers began to search the bowels of the earth, destroying everything in their path. Tortured, the big oak tree stretches its arms towards the sky as if calling for help. We descend Gargenville and going to see the castle Hanneucourt observed that the Seine from the balcony. We mark a stop at the church of St Martin and resume our journey through the wood justice.
Namely: to Guitrancourt , the Romanesque church is an embodiment of the 18th century. Destroyed during the Second World War, it was rebuilt in 1951 retaining a bay in the wall of the sacristy. The castle of Gargenville , it belongs to the family of Hanneucourt until 1350, when the field Lordship was elevated to the Lords in favor of Giffard. In 1727, they sold it to muffle the Tuileries and the land returned to Randon Massane in 1740. The revolution reunify the two gall. Parish Romanesque Revival style was rebuilt in 1875 to replace the sanctuary of the 14th. In 1967, the area of Hanneucourt is sold in three lots: the castle, the farm and park. In the valley, rye and peas grow easily, while the clay belt hosts vine and wheat, while the trees rise in limestone area.
We soon discover that this was the great castle of Issou . After through the old garden, we take the road seams that takes us over the old ceramic factory. Then we have Peter and Mary to Shepherd who leads us to Charles Robert. Turning right, we we let slip into the stream. Reached on its opposite bank, we turn to the fields and us walk across the room large walnut. Shortly afterwards, having passed the cemetery, we find Mezieres and laundry and St Nicolas . We visit the ancient village and follow the national road. Then we let a certain street in the breach near the church Epône.
Namely: the vineyard occupies the slopes of Issou since the Middle Ages. In the mid 14th century, several families share the fiefs of Bouconvilliers, Pouligny Hanneucourt. In the 16th, the domain belongs to Dampont, then the Duke of Bouillon in the 17th. The Dampont are erecting the Church of St. Martin on the foundations of a sanctuary mentioned in the late 7th century. The building was restored several times to the 16-17th, but retains its Gothic choir of the 15th. During the revolution, the castle belongs to Mr Ormesson. Turenne, Madame de Pompadour are the main hosts. As for Mezieres, its history is intertwined with that of Epône. In the 12th century, the slopes are cleared and planted with leeks. The laundries are reassigned to clean vegetables. Church of St Nicolas, the bell tower and nave were built in the 13th, then revised to 14 and 17th. One way to supply the cattle market to serve the capital Poissy meat. But the German army fire the city in 1870. However, the bourgeoisie chooses to settle in the 19th.
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