Louveciennes Totally Explained

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Louveciennes is a village and commune in the Yvelines département, in France, in the western suburbs of Paris, between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and adjacent to Marly-le-Roi.

Sights

Many castles from the 17th and 18th century (Chateau des Voisins, Chateau de Madame Du Barry, Chateau du Pont, Chateau du Parc, Chateau des Sources).

The Château de Louveciennes, built in 1700 by Louis XIV and given to Madame du Barry by Louis XV.

The Aqueduct of the Machine de Marly

Culture

impressionist painters in the 19th century; according to the official site, there are over 120 paintings by Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, and Monet depicting Louveciennes.
The composer Camille Saint-Saëns lived in Louveciennes from 1865 to 1870. Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, the most famous female painter of the 18th century, died in Louveciennes March 30, 1842. Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, died in Louveciennes March 19, 1987.

History

Until 1964, Louveciennes belonged to the former Seine-et-Oise département. NATO had barracks for SHAPE here from 1959-1967, and the American School of Paris was located nearby from 1959 to 1967.

Economy

After SHAPE left France, the French government allocated the property to CII, which soon thereafter became part of CII Honeywell Bull. Groupe Bull still has offices in Louveciennes.

Twin towns

Louveciennes is twinned with:

Radlett, United Kingdom, 20 km north of London - since 1983

Meersburg, Germany, at the shores of lake constance - since 1991

Vama, Romania, 450 km north of Bucarest - since 2000Further Information

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