Fleury-in-Beer

Fleury-in-Beer is a common French, located in the department of Seine-et-Marne and the area Île-de-France.

Its inhabitants is called Fleurysiens.

The town of Fleury-in-beer is located in the south of the Seine-et-Marne. Bordered by the Forest of Fontainebleau, this made village left the regional park of the Gâtinais French. This small borough is typical, with sandstone houses, and out of grinding stones, its ground shelters an unspecified number of underground sources as well as an underground river (arched cavity breast height) crossing the village of the castle to the laundrette of Loricard.

Formerly (from October 12th, 1897 to September 30th, 1938), the train circulated there (the station, still existing today although arranged in dwelling was opposite the castle). It started from a side towards Saint Martin's day then Barbizon. Other, it borrowed the street of the Sorbs then the way of chanteloup (one finds as of the entry in this street on the line the place where the train was supplied with water and patinated to set out again in " the côte" , the old ones remember), to go to Cély-in-Beer through the forest and finally to go to Melun. (see articles on a small train or Barbizon Train more).

Localities and variations

Communes bordering

The communes bordering are:

Forging mills
Cély out of Beer
Perthes
Chailly out of Beer
Arbonne-the-Forest in the South (4kms)

History

The first lady of the place, seems to be Alix de Fleury, known as " Most beautiful " , at the end of XIe century.

Administration

Demography

Religious heritage

The Romance church of Fleury is particularly beautiful (classified historic building). Following recent restorations, splendid paintings were found under the plaster.

Economy

Famous characters
Richelieu resided at it.
Cosme Clause (Cosme Clause of Marchamont - February 1575 in March 1624), banker of Henri king de France and bishop of Châlon-in-Champagne which made build the residence.
prince de Talmont (chouan chief) its heart is preserved in the church of Fleury.
Martine de Béhague (Martine-Marie-pol. of Béhague, countess of Béarn born in Paris 1869 - Paris, January 26th, 1939), patron, made restore the castle in its entirety.

Tourist monuments and places

Castle of Beer Fleury, deprived, classified with the inventory of the historic buildings for the park, the commun runs, the roof. The times of construction are 12th, 16th and 18th century (year 1770,1782).

The castle and the park which surrounds it received a classification by decree of December 17th, 1947; frontages and roofs of the commun runs, a classification by decree of October 5th, 1951. The Park was refitted by Jean-Baptiste Chaussard in 1769.

Romance Église comprising of the tomb stones of 13th and 14th centuries, a table allotted to the Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbaran (1598-1664), a privileged furnace bridge, dedicated to Prince de Talmont (the relic of the heart of this chouan chief is in this vault under the bell-tower) and of the frescos of the painter Dagnan Bouveret (19th century).

Events

Richelieu would have escaped there has an attack, plot warped by the duchess of Chevreuse, and fled with the gallop of its horse until Fontainebleau " the beard on the épaule"

The castle was transformed into military hospital during the First World War.

Twinnings

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