Vulaines-sur-Seine - Samoreau: history and sights
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Did you know?
Valvins, a hamlet of Vulaines-sur-Seine, is linked to Stéphane Mallarmé: in 1874 he discovered an old water-coach inn, 'L'isle de Cayenne', which he said he got 'engaged' to.
Anecdote
Mallarmé died at Valvins on 9 September 1898, aged 56, and lies in the Samoreau cemetery nearby.
Around Vulaines-sur-Seine - Samoreau
- Musée départemental Stéphane Mallarmé, 600 m away — The poet's summer house, a historic monument since 1946, opened as a museum in 1992 and awarded the 'Maison des Illustres' label in 2011.
- Pressoirs du Roy (Samoreau), 3300 m away — Wine presses built under Francis I in 1530, witnesses to the king's viticulture between Samoreau, Champagne and Thomery.
- Cimetière de Samoreau (tombe de Mallarmé), 1200 m away — The cemetery where Stéphane Mallarmé lies.