Colombes: history and sights
Served by: Transilien J.
Did you know?
Colombes hosted the Olympic Games twice: in 1924, with its stadium, and in 2024, with field hockey.
Anecdote
The Moulin-Joly estate, an 18th-century English-style park with waterfalls, a café and a menagerie, became the Pierre-Lagravère park in 1973.
Around Colombes
- Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul, 260 m away — The church of Colombes whose bell tower and Romanesque architecture mark the old centre.
- Parc Pierre-Lagravère, 1650 m away — An 11-hectare park on the former Marante and Moulin-Joly islands, on the Seine.
- Musée d'art et d'histoire de Colombes, 150 m away — The municipal museum devoted to the town's history, which held the 'Colombes, land of champions' exhibition in 2024.