Garancières-La Queue: history and sights
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Did you know?
Garancières derives from Germanic *Warenceras* (9th c.) and would mean a madder field. La Queue (Cauda, 'edge') is 'lès Yvelines', near the Yveline forest; a hamlet of Galluis, it became a commune in 1883.
Anecdote
Garancières' Église Saint-Pierre (12th c., enlarged in the 17th) has been listed since 1950 and houses a painting by Antonio de Pereda.
Around Garancières-La Queue
- Château de La Queue-les-Yvelines, 4400 m away — A château protected as a historic monument since 31 July 2001.