Things to see and do La Ferté-Vidame

It was built in 1659 by the father of the Duke of Saint-Simon. It is a beautiful baroque style. Inside, a th century organ is beautifully restored, with several paintings and a golden wooden reissue. According to the Duke's wish, he was buried with his wife in the church of La Ferté-Vidame. In the Revolution, the burial was desecrated and their bones thrown into the communal pit.

Take the RD 24. In a green setting, on the edge of a creek, the Chapel Chapel was built in the th, th and th centuries. Classified Historic Monument, she retained a collection of th century murals of exceptional wealth. In the upper register there is a frise of arabesques where flowers, fruits and birds blend in the median register,

The saying of the dead and the three alive, The story of Christ's passion, The temptation at Ascension, and the lower register The life of Saints and Martyrs.

Experience the excesses and splendour of the Age of Enlightenment in this vast park at française  ! It was here that Saint-Simon retired to write most of his memoirs. Parks and gardens, canals and waterways, openings and perspectives make up a fascinating landscape steeped in history. Here feelings of grandeur and decadence mingle with modesty, so much the weight of the place crushes you and elevates you. A romantic ruin set in the middle of all perspectives, the colossal neoclassical castle was decorated by the greatest artists of the time. Designed by the Marquis de Laborde, great financier and banker at the court of King Louis XV, it is displayed on 160 m which have not lost any of their former splendour.