Montargis: history and sights
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
Montargis is nicknamed 'the Venice of the Gâtinais' for its canals and its 131 bridges and footbridges.
Anecdote
The Montargis praline, roasted almonds coated in caramel, has been made by the Mazet house since 1636.
Around Montargis
- Musée Girodet, 400 m away — A museum devoted to Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, the painter born in Montargis in 1767, housed in a former neoclassical town hall.
- Église Sainte-Madeleine, 650 m away — A church listed in 1909, with 34 Lobin stained-glass windows and the only window in France showing converted Japanese.
- Vestiges du château de Montargis, 800 m away — Towers and postern of a royal château from Philippe Auguste's time, partly ruined, on the heights of the town.