Argenteuil: history and sights
Served by: Transilien J.
Did you know?
Linked to Paris by train, the town drew Monet, Renoir, Manet and Sisley in the 1870s, attracted by the regattas and the light on the Seine.
Anecdote
Claude Monet lived here from 1871 to 1878 and painted some 170 canvases.
Around Argenteuil
- Basilique Saint-Denys d'Argenteuil, 650 m away — The basilica housing the Holy Tunic of Christ, entrusted around 803 to Argenteuil abbey, and its Romanesque crypt.
- Maison impressionniste Claude Monet, 800 m away — The house where Monet lived and worked, with projections of his works and an evocation of his boat-studio.
- Moulin d'Orgemont, 1800 m away — A windmill in Argenteuil on the Orgemont hill.