Chaville-Rive-Droite: history and sights
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Did you know?
Chaville comes from Inchadi villa, 'estate of Inchadus', a Germanic name. In the 9th century Bishop Ichad of Paris reportedly founded a hamlet there for convalescents of the Hôtel-Dieu.
Anecdote
Around 1654 Louvois, Louis XIV's war minister, had a château built at Chaville inspired by Louis XIII's Versailles; sold and demolished during the Revolution, its stones were scattered.
Around Chaville-Rive-Droite
- Bois de Chaville, 750 m away — A wooded ridge between Chaville, Viroflay, Meudon and Ville-d'Avray, keeping former layouts, the restored Morval bridge and a path of Gallo-Roman origin.
- Église Sainte-Bernadette, 1600 m away — A church of 1961-62 alternating Saint-Maximin stone and raw concrete, with a Way of the Cross by Danièle Fuchs, a candidate for the 'Patrimoine d'intérêt régional' label.
- Forêt de Fausses-Reposes, 1700 m away — A 616-hectare protection forest straddling the Hauts-de-Seine and Yvelines, bordering Chaville.