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Sunday 17 September 2023, 15:00Passed
Conditions
Free access (registration required- youth and adults). Walking shoes
Registration
 06 77 75 85 11
September 2023
Sunday 17
15:00 - 17:30
10 to 90 years old

Village de Chavenay

Place de l'église 78450 Chavenay
  • Yvelines
  • Île-de-France

Guided tour

Discovery loop from 15h to 17h30
Sunday 17 September 2023, 15:00Passed
Conditions
Free access (registration required- youth and adults). Walking shoes
Registration
 06 77 75 85 11
Dominique Bouchez

Discovery loop from 15h to 17h30 Departure and return: Place de la Mairie.
Chavenay: a village in the wind of history... Its history joins the great history, intermittently, over the centuries. It is splashed by the events that take place on its territory, marks it durably: Construction of its church at the end of the first millennium, passage of the invaders throughout the Middle Ages, devastating Hundred Years War, black plague. The thirteenth century, is a period of renewal and prosperity found, the population increases, the church is embellished. Here is the fifteenth century and new fights, the village again abandoned is repopulated thanks to the inhabitants of Argenteuil to whom are allocated land. A terrier (cadastre) found allows, through a precise description, to identify where they settle and how toponymy is rooted in familiar places. Here, is the house of the winemaker, there, the tavern ,or the place where one comes to pay his royalties, the tithe barn... With the seventeenth it will be the beginnings of Versailles (which is only 10 km) its multiple influences on the life of the villagers: labor of all kinds, maids, nurseries, carriers who extract the stone from the quarries at Terres Bruyères... It is the whole History that passes before our eyes, by small touches. The Dauphin Bridge so named in memory of the dolphin, who, one hunting day, accidentally fell in the ru of Gally... On the way to the "notebook of grievances" and the Revolution ... Great miseries and requisitions, poverty and chaos. The nineteenth and the industrial revolution and Chavenay which, slowly, opens to a new world, and gradually comes out of its autarky.
This is a journey experienced by many other villages around. Ours is marked by the seal of memory for those who come to discover it.
("The book Chavenay au Val de Gally" will be available for purchase, on site, for 20 €)

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thèmes 2023
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Conditions de participation
Gratuit, Sur inscription
Type de public
Tout public

About the location

Village de Chavenay
Place de l'église 78450 Chavenay
  • Yvelines
  • Île-de-France
Chavenay is a very old village (Neolithic origin), 10km from Versailles. Traces of all periods of its history. The construction of Versailles gave it a configuration and features still visible today that will be commented on during the visit. Listed Church, former 18th Presbytery, Puits Carrier, Many old houses, including the House of the Carrier, the House of the Stonemason (ATP). Agricultural and rural village, controlled urbanization (late 20th- early 21st)
**Loop of discovery of the village of Chavenay 78450, from the "church (town hall side) and back
Tags
Monument historique, Site patrimonial remarquable
Access
Little transport from nearby villages. Car (or bike) essential.
Dominique Bouchez