Gros Noyer-Saint-Prix: history and sights
Served by: Transilien H.
Did you know?
Saint-Prix, first called Tour (Thor), owes its name to Saint Prix, bishop of Clermont murdered in the 7th century, whose relics were given to the church around 1278. Gros Noyer probably recalls a tree or a crossroads inn.
Anecdote
Saint-Prix's Château de la Chasse, listed in 1933, grew from a 12th-century fortified house; Louis XI was received there for a hunt, and it later passed to the Condés and Louis Bonaparte.
Around Gros Noyer-Saint-Prix
- Église Saint-Prix, 1450 m away — The old village church, listed in 1926, which holds the relics of Saint Prix, a bishop killed in 674.
- Château de la Chasse, 2800 m away — A former fortified house in the forêt de Montmorency, listed in 1933, where Louis XI came hunting.
- Fontaine Saint-Pry, 1400 m away — A medieval fountain linked to pilgrimages, on place de la Fontaine-aux-Pèlerins, restored in 1870.