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Elisabcn Says: This path joined all the Machine’s installations from the Seine River until Louveciennes’ aqueduct on the top of the hill. It is very steep (picture 1), having some parts more than 20% of slope. It was used by the workers to repair the eventual breakdowns of the Machine....
La Machine de Marly was in Bougival
Elisabcn Says: The Machine de Marly was in Bougival! Let’s go back in time to meet Louis XIV. By the year 1680 he was busy with the creation of Versailles’ gardens and the main problem was how to bring the water until there. He asked to Mansart and Colbert to find a solution: if water does...
Elisabcn Says: These 3 locks were built at the end of XIX century to regulate the Seine’s water level. Without these locks the water level won’t be higher than 1m during at least 6 months so apart from the economical and sanitary consequences, it would be impossible the navigation along...
La Seine and Le Parcours des Impressionistes
Elisabcn Says: From Bougival until Argenteuil, the Seine River offers nice landscapes along its banks, landscapes that attracted the Impressionists during the XIX century. Nowadays there is a nice walk (you can do it also by bike) where you will find real scale panels with the...
Elisabcn Says: You may know her as Manet’s sister in law (she even appeared on some of his paintings) but Berthe wrote her own chapter in the Impressionist painting. Being a woman of the XIX century maybe it was difficult for her to paint café-concerts or the boulevards’ everyday life like...
Elisabcn Says: By the end of XIX century and beginning of XX century Bougival was an important centre of linen cleaning and whitewashing. These kind of jobs allowed women to start working. Today few of these buildings (blanchisseries or laundries) still remain and its owners still use the...
Elisabcn Says: I found this church and its square incredibly beautiful and photogenic so I spent a lot of time taking pictures here. The original building was founded by Louis VII and it was built during the XII century in Romanesque style. The construction of the nave will come later, in...
Elisabcn Says: This horrible sculpture by Jean-Léon Gérome is an exact replica of the commemorative monument that you can see at the site of Waterloo Battle (Belgium). It was bought by the City Council and put it in front of the Town hall. I have talked about it because if you go to the...
Elisabcn Says: Le Quartier Saint Michel is the most picturesque suburb in Bougival, with smiling and colourful houses. During Norman invasions (846) the villagers asked for Saint Michael’s help to protect them. Normans could not take this place and Bougival’s inhabitants, very thankful,...
Elisabcn Says: Bougival is very easy to reach by public transport. SNCF trains leave every half an hour from Saint Lazare Station. Once you arrive to Bougival you will have a 5km walk until the river, with interesting spots all along the road.
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Le Quartier Saint Michel is the most picturesque suburb in Bougival, with smiling and colourful houses. During Norman invasions (846) the villagers asked for...
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Bougival is a smiling village by the Seine River, at only 17 km from Paris in Ile de France. During XIX century Impressionists chose this peaceful place as one of their favourite base camps to paint...
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