Tourist attractions Montereau-Fault-Yonne

The tour of the Château de Fontainebleau 's Grand Apartments takes in the superb Galerie François I . Built between 1528 and 1530, the gallery is decorated with frescoes and stuccoes by Rosso. The king's emblem, the salamander, is omnipresent. Th..

This château is at once evocative of the Renaissance, with its famous horseshoe staircase, and of the imagery of Épinal, with the poignant scene of Napoleon bidding farewell to the faithful soldiers of the Old Guard in Adieux de Napoléon . In 1528, ..

Famous for its horseshoe staircase built by Jean du Cerceau under Louis XIII, this former bailey was used only by domestics, but its generous size soon earmarked it for official parades and tournaments. It became known as the White Horse Court after ..

After the school in the new town of Montereau-Surville, head to the edge of the wooded hill and the two panoramic view points, vestiges of terracing of the now demolished Château Surville. The view takes in Montereau, the bridges and the collegiate ..

It is pleasant to stroll here beneath the plane trees and imagine the washerwomen of yesteryear who came here to wash their linen in the waters of the Loing. On the opposite bank lies the Pins meadow from where Alfred Sisley painted most of his views..

It was to take three centuries to build (13 to 16C). Note the 14C Virgin and Child on the doorway. A majestic nave with fine arch keystones in the right-hand aisle. The sword of John the Fearless hangs from a pillar in the central nave.

A reminder of the importance of Montereau earthenware in the 19C. 25 display cabinets exhibit over 400 pieces produced in Montereau between 1750 and 1955.

They were taken from the Merovingian cemetery where the church was founded in 908. The chancel, elevated in the 11C, has a Romanesque arch, supported by three semicircular arches. A column, and the beginnings of the arches of the old vaults still rem..

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