Gretz-Armainvilliers: history and sights
Served by: RER E, Transilien P.
Did you know?
The commune was called simply Gretz until 1950; it then added Armainvilliers, a very old fief whose château is mentioned as early as the 12th century.
Anecdote
Sosthènes de La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Doudeauville and former aide-de-camp to King Charles X, died at the Château d'Armainvilliers in 1864.
Around Gretz-Armainvilliers
- Église de Gretz, 800 m away — It keeps a late-15th-century triptych of the Life of the Virgin and the tomb effigy of Jean de Gretz (1318), a listed historic monument.
- Château d'Armainvilliers, 2600 m away — A very old fief, mentioned as early as the 12th century.
- Château de Bois-Vignolles, 2500 m away — A château in the commune of Gretz-Armainvilliers.