Sèvres-Ville-d'Avray: history and sights
Served by: Transilien L and U.
Did you know?
Corot's father bought a country house in Ville-d'Avray in 1817; the painter returned there for nearly fifty years and immortalised its ponds, now called the Étangs de Corot.
Anecdote
The Étangs de Corot and their rigole d'État supply the fountains of the Château de Saint-Cloud park.
Around Sèvres-Ville-d'Avray
- Étangs de Corot, 1400 m away — Ponds painted by Camille Corot, protected as historic monuments along with the rigole d'État, in the woods of Ville-d'Avray.
- Église Saint-Nicolas-Saint-Marc de Ville-d'Avray, 1000 m away — A 19th-century church listed as a historic monument, which houses several works by Corot.
- Maison des Jardies, 170 m away — A 'Maison des Illustres' in Sèvres, a former country house where the writer Balzac, then Léon Gambetta, stayed.