Things to see and do Ile-De-France

Charming purpose of promenade, the ponds of Bonnelles historically belong to the territory of the castle of the Duchess of Uzès. This site stretches over 13 hectares and consists of two ponds, which links a small canal, powered by sources, and by the table of the sand of Fontainebleau. At the time of the walk, you will discover the traces of the castle garden and its factories built on the edge of the ponds: the Temple of Love - a bridge to two arches surmounted by a small building, leading to the kiosk island - the pier, and the culvert - a small bridge that serves Devil island from that of the Kiosk. Other factories have disappeared: the Chinese pavilion, the canardière, the cooler or the mosque. Botanists and other nature observers will appreciate the variety of environments: oak-charmaie, aulnaie to the east, roselière planted with poplar, bétulaie where birch dominates. There are some protected species. Avifauna benefits from these wetlands: among the most remarkable is a few breeding birds such as the effarvatte effarvatte and the reed morphology, but also hoberaux hawks, pêcheurs pêcheurs, cendrés herons, insects, 34 species of dragonflies…

Paris Walks is a sightseeing agency located in Saint-Denis. They offer walking tours of Paris in English, led by a small team of experienced professional guides. Founded in 1994, the agency offers daily tours throughout the year. Paris Walks is considered the leading English-language walking tour company in Paris and is recommended for those wishing to discover the city through guided tours.

Having the name of Albert Chanot, painter, musician and poet who lived the place itself, the municipal art centre of the city of Clamart has only one ambition, simple: discover contemporary art in all its forms. Painting, various performances, dance, videos and, of course, new technologies are all possibilities. The site, free of charge, also offers temporary exhibitions.

At the start of the Ferme farm, in Jouy-en-Josas, this hiking loop invites you to discover through its 16 teaching panels the bottom of the cities agriculture. The Saclay Plateau guarantees you a circuit without gaps, easy to access for the whole family. you can even ride it by bike! On the road, don't miss the Ferme farm, located on the site of a former Gallo-Roman villa.

Tariff: free.

Distance: 6 km.

Duration: 1 p. m.

Difficulty: .

As follows: to prepare your trip, download the brochure at www.scientipole.fr.

It is one of the six interdepartmental parks in Ile-de-France, and whatever your favorite sport practice, little chance you will not find your account. Bobigny Park is no less than 8 football fields, 2 rugby courts, 8 tennis courts, an athletics track, and 2 beach volleyball grounds. You only have an embarrassment of choice, don't you? There is no need to say, the outdoor training is even more pleasant! As for the cautious who dare to test their bodies in winter, a number of covered land land and a 250 m ² gymnasium should help them keep their shape. Last bonus: 3 pools of swimming, for those who prefer the pleasures of water!

Tariff: free.

Getting there: metro line 7, station Fort d'Aubervilliers, or bus lines 134 and 234, stop Republic Leclerc.

Other practical information: private parking; easy access to people with reduced mobility.

Located in the historic Grande Ecurie du Roi, opposite Versailles castle, the Municipal Archives is the living memory of the city. Their mission is to collect, classify and inventory the written heritage of Versailles. But rather than keeping these historical records secret, the Municipal archives regularly highlight its treasures by organizing exhibitions on themes that are always related to the history or heritage of the Royal City.

At the heart of a former presbytery, discover the tools and objects of everyday life used by your grandparents or even your great grandparents.

This sculpture over 22 metres high and made up of 350 tons of steel was built in the forest by Jean Tinguely and his artists from 1969. It is a huge head with one eye and a mouth from which water flows. Inside the sculpture you can discover works by Niki de Saint Phalle, Daniel Spoerri, Arman, Caesar, Jean-Pierre Raynaud and many other artists.

To know all the 69 municipalities that make up the park on the two departments of Essonne and Seine-et-Marne. Important: the charter available on the website, a true passport for a better understanding and preservation of the park. Every year, on the third Sunday in September, the park organizes the Musical Adventure, a succession of small concerts in the Carrière-sur-Ecole sandstone quarry, as well as an artistic hike in June, punctuated by interventions by actors.

A long pilgrimage from the kings of France, the stage of the Chemin de Compostela, it originated in the fourth century when Saint Mathurin, evangelist and wizard born in this place in 288, went to Rome called by Emperor Maximien to heal his Folle daughter. After his arrival, he lived in Rome until his death and his remains were brought back to Larchant where a small chapel was built to collect it. Before the devotion of the pilgrims, the lords of Larchant built this sanctuary in 1153 by the architects of the cathedral of Paris. Partly destroyed, there is still a witness to popular fervour and sacred architecture of the th century.

The former Royal Abbey Notre-Dame du Lys, built from 1244 to 1253, at the initiative of the Blanche de Castille, in the Plaine du Lys near Melun, reserved for the high-line ladies, is a jewel of Gothic art and considered one of the most beautiful cistercian ensembles of Ile-de-France. Sold to the revolution as a national good, there are still some ruins, part of the choir, the square apse, some parts of the transept and the staircase allowing access to the bell.

This Cistercian abbey, situated in the commune of Souppes-sur-Loing, in 1181, thanks to Philippe Auguste and the monks of the order of Cîteaux, preserved some remains despite the successive looting. In particular the barn to the tithes, the building of the monks, the oratory and house of the abbot, not forgetting a press, a pasture, the park and gardens.

It builds from the th century, first the feudal castle and the church Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Linked to the Kingdom of France, it had a strategic military role between Gâtinais and Champagne. Built around 1160, the citadel dominates the Loing, a body of-metre long houses, crowned with four circular turrets of pepper roofs. A formidable bastion, access to the dungeon was at the height of the 1 st floor. One strip, covered passage, connected the castle to the square tower the dominant tower.

In Gâtinais, perched on a rocky promontory, the ancient medieval town, cradle of the Plantagenêts, preserved its ramparts, a castle of some vestiges. As for Saint-Severin Abbey which was part of the fortifications of the city, it remains an example of defensive religious architecture.

The city walls supporting the round roads are two metres thick. In the strong city, the narrow streets remind the memory of the men in arms.

Built at the end of the th century by Count Robert I of Dreux, fifth brother of King Louis VII, true fortress with integrated dungeon, characteristic of medieval architecture of the th century, he is the only one in Ile-de-France to present a square plan flanked by six round towers and two square towers surrounded by moat. He is the object of excavations, regularly delivers his treasures and nourishes an evolutionary exhibition over the discoveries.

The Saint-Pierre-and-Saint-Paul Church of the th century contains a very beautiful sculpture made by the famous sculptor Michel Dove «La Mis Au». They can also be seen in the «Traditional Tombstone» and the «Shrines», backed up by the Revolution, an annual pilgrimage to Pentecost.

Largely by the knights of the hospital order of Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem who took Possession of the Village, the Church was built with a single jet in years - a record for the time! It has a high-clocher tower, a powerful square tower of the briard type flanked by a escalier. It also shows a th century portail portal offering scenes of daily life in the Middle Ages carved on the aisles. th century polychrome stone statues, especially that of the Virgin. Stone tombstones. Lying of Jeanne de Prunai, wife of a lord of Nangis.