Fontenay-aux-Roses: history and sights
Served by: RER B.
Did you know?
Its name recalls rose growing, which flourished in the town from the 17th century to the mid-19th century.
Anecdote
Founded by decree in 1880, the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses was created to train women teachers.
Around Fontenay-aux-Roses
- Parc Sainte-Barbe, 400 m away — A 1.8-hectare park in the town centre, once the property of the Collège Sainte-Barbe from 1851.
- Château Laboissière, 250 m away — A late-17th-century château built for Denis Thierry, the publisher of La Fontaine's Fables, now a music conservatoire.
- Église Saint-Stanislas-des-Blagis, 500 m away — A church built in 1934-1936, whose stained glass is made of special glass from Saint-Gobain.