Antony: history and sights
Served by: RER B.
Did you know?
Antony comes from Gallo-Roman Antoniacum (829), 'Antonius's estate'. From the 10th to the 15th century the village was a main dependency of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, whose abbot freed its serfs in 1248.
Anecdote
In the 17th-18th centuries, La Fontaine and Charles Perrault reportedly spent summers in Antony; a wax factory was founded there in 1702.
Around Antony
- Orlyval, 280 m away — A driverless automated shuttle linking the RER B directly to Orly airport.