Travel Guide Chailly-En-Bière

In the days of the Impressionists, the hamlet of Barbizon was part of this commune in the Gâtinais Regional Nature Park. Many painters passed through here, notably at the Auberge du Cheval Blanc where they used to gather. In 1858, Jean-François Millet captured for all eternity a scene of peasant life observed on the great plain between the two towns, the famous Angelus. The village of Chailly has served as a backdrop for many artists. Monet painted Les Femmes au jardin and the famous Déjeuner sur l'herbe , now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. In the cemetery, Millet and Rousseau lie side by side under twin tombs, an immutable symbol of their fraternal friendship, along with the Ganne couple and other painters and personalities. Visit Saint-Paul church and the windmill. The former houses three bells, Lucie-Gabrielle, Lucienne-Marcelle and Solange. They have replaced the large, unfortunately cracked drone that used to ring the Angelus for Millet. As for the 12th-century mill, now privately owned and built by the lord of Chailly, a descendant of whom fought for Joan of Arc and was granted the right of justice by King Charles VII, it saw its surroundings populated with gibbets and earned the nickname "Moulin de la Justice" ("Justice Mill"). The commune's rich history dates back to Roman times, when the village was located on a road leading to Caesar's Rome. In 1430, Joan of Arc also passed through the village!