Mantes-la-Jolie: history and sights
Served by: Transilien J and N.
Did you know?
The official name Mantes-la-Jolie dates from 1953; tradition says it recalls a king's words to his mistress: 'I am in Mantes, my pretty one'.
Anecdote
The collegiate church of Notre-Dame, nicknamed the little sister of Notre-Dame de Paris, is the largest medieval church in the Yvelines.
Around Mantes-la-Jolie
- Collégiale Notre-Dame, 260 m away — A Gothic collegiate church begun in the 1150s, listed in 1840, whose Merklin organ has been listed since 2016.
- Tour Saint-Maclou, 90 m away — A 16th-century tower, the last remnant of the medieval Saint-Maclou church.
- Hôtel-Dieu de Mantes, 190 m away — The former Hôtel-Dieu hospital facing the collegiate church.