Marchezais-Broué: history and sights
Served by: Transilien N.
Did you know?
Marchezais (Marchesez, c. 1250) comes from Old French 'marchés', 'little marshes'. Broué (Brolium, 12th century) is said to derive from 'brou', meaning brushwood or poor pastures near marshes.
Anecdote
In 1020, Saint Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres, then rebuilding his burnt cathedral, could not collect his prebend at Marchezais, the village having been plundered by local lords.
Around Marchezais-Broué
- Église Saint-Martin de Broué, 1000 m away — A church holding six listed paintings of the 18th-19th centuries, including The Vision of Saint Martin.
- Église Sainte-Madeleine de Marchezais, 2300 m away — A church that keeps the painting Magdalene in the Cave of La Sainte-Baume, listed in 2013.