Things to see and do Essonne

It's walking paths that you never tire of… when you're lucky enough to have a lake near home, what's simpler to train than to go round it? There is no risk of losing you, so you can enjoy the environment, without worrying about your itinerary! The lakes of Viry-Châtillon and Grigny are now classified as a sensitive natural area and natural zone of ecological and floristic ecological interest. Whether you opt for a family trip, a daily jogging or a bike ride, please make sure that you leave behind the footprint of your soles or tires, so as not to disturb this protected nature.

Tariff: free.

Distance: 7,7 km.

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The collegiate Saint-Spire was built in the tenth century to receive the relics of Saint Exupère, the first bishop of Bayeux, whose name was subsequently distorted in Saint Spire and Saint Loup, also bishop of Bayeux. This church was destroyed several times by fire and then rebuilt between xiie and the fifteenth century. She was the seat of a collegiate college until 1790, when she became a parish church. It was built in the cathedral in 1966: the creation of the Essonne department coincided with the creation of a corresponding diocese. Inside the church, you can notice the eighteenth century woodworks and furniture, as well as the gestures of Count Haymon, the masterpiece of the first church and death in 957. To note also the sculptures of the characters and animals of the sixteenth century that framed the door of the sacristie. The stained glass windows dated in 1946 because they were destroyed by bombing on August 13, 1944.

This is a place that we saw many times last March! And because of this, since the Moulin de Dannemois, Claude François's home, was the center of a special effervescence for the anniversary of the 40 years of the death of the famous singer. In fact, it is far from the effervescence of the Parisian capital that Claude François transformed this mill, where he settled in 1964, in a real haven of peace, which he appeared to highlight during various episodes of his professional career. Twenty years after the artist died, the site, then abandoned, was taken over by Mr. and Mrs. Lescure, a couple of bakers from Dordogne. A guided tour has been organized since then. It allows us to discover in what context the singer was living: its room, bathroom, swimming pool (in the form of a palette of painter, in which a very sophisticated sounds diffuser was installed for the time), its sauna, its wine cellar… This mill has become a true pilgrimage place for Cloclo's unconditionally unconditionally, and finish their visit to the tombstone of the idol in the cemetery of the same village. Among the «relics» they can admire are the scene costume Alexandria Alexandra, a natural silk-style city shirt model left bank of Yves Saint Laurent, boots created for Claude by the spark Mr. Anello, worn in 1973… Note that the place is a restaurant, with obviously many special evenings organized, and a tea room. In project also, the opening of a hotel in the place, which should have 11 rooms.