Bourron-marlotte

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Sciences and discovery

Departure

BOURRON-MARLOTTE (77)

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The village of Bourron-Marlotte is located at 75 km of paris, in the south of the forest of Fontainebleau.

The plain goes to river Loing which thrownout in the Seine in Saint-Mammès.

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Discover Bourron-Marlotte

Thanks to its privileged situation with along the forest, Bourron-Marlotte attracted many painters, musicians and writers such as Cézanne, Cortot or Georges Sand, came there on holiday

Crossing the streets of the village, the houses reveal their old charm and remain the atmosphere of the 19th century.
In the town-hall museum many works of painters, are preserved.

A circuit on the steps of the artists makes possible to discover their residences.

Accommodation nearby

chambre d'hôtes la rotonde 77

Barbizon
01 60 66 46 22

A tour of the city

Coiled in the valley of Loing at the edge of woods, the village has nothing to envy to the close villages.

Famous commemorative plaques and names mark out its streets and its houses.
The church St Sévère dominates the village and at the bottom of the bell-tower, the tomb stone of a lord of 13th century remains the time when the lords raised hawks in the Bourron castle.

Accommodation nearby

chambre d'hôtes la rotonde 77

Barbizon
01 60 66 46 22

The castle

The current castle was built on the foundations of the feudal fortress at the end of 16th and the beginning of the 17th century on the request of François de Sallard.

He was the son-in-law of Cosme Clausse, secretary of the king, owner of the castles of Courances and Fleury-en-Bière.
Its bricks and stones style imitate the courtyard of the White Horse of the castle of Fontainebleau (northern wing). It has two horseshoe staircases on the north and south frontages.

At the 18th century the castle passes to the family de Beringhen which received Stanislas Leczinski and his wife in 1725 for the wedding of their daughter Marie Leczinska with the young king Louis XV.