Bry-sur-Marne: history and sights
Served by: RER A.
Did you know?
Serves the town where Louis Daguerre, the inventor of photography, spent his final years: its church still holds a trompe-l'œil fresco he painted himself in 1842.
Anecdote
Daguerre's fresco in the Bry-sur-Marne church creates the illusion of a three-dimensional architectural perspective, even though it is painted flat on a wall.
Around Bry-sur-Marne
- Fresque de Daguerre, 400 m away — In the village church, a trompe-l'œil fresco painted in 1842 by Louis Daguerre, the inventor of photography.