Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons: history and sights
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
Moret-sur-Loing was a royal fortified town for over three centuries; of its 1,356 metres of ramparts and twenty towers, mostly the Porte de Bourgogne and Porte de Samois remain.
Anecdote
Alfred Sisley lived in Moret from 1880 to 1899 and painted more than 450 canvases there, including the Notre-Dame church fourteen times.
Around Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons
- Porte de Samois, 300 m away — A square tower of the medieval walls, also called the Porte de Paris, marking the entrance to the old town.
- Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité, 450 m away — A 12th-13th-century church listed as a historic monument, whose 17th-century organ rests on a Renaissance gallery.
- Pont de Moret, 1400 m away — A bridge over the Loing from the late 12th century, listed in 1942 and painted by Sisley.