Montceaux-the-Meaux

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

Its inhabitants is called Monticellois.

Geography

History

The commune owes most of its reputation with the castle which it shelters. The Castle of Montceaux, built at the 16th century by Catherine de Médicis, was then repurchased by Henri IV which offers it to Gabrielle d' Estrées, that it makes marchioness of Montceaux. To died of the latter, the king of France gives it to Marie de Médicis at the time of the birth of Louis XIII. Several great architects, like Jacques Androuet of the Hoop, Philibert of the Elm, Primatice or Solomon de Brosse intervened in Montceaux. It is Claude Mollet which drew the gardens with the Frenchwoman of them. Passed then to prince de Conti, the castle was a long time abandoned.

Economy

Famous characters

Tourist monuments and places

the aqueduct of Dhuis

Events

Culture

Sports

Twinnings

See too

Common of Seine-et-Marne
List of war memorials French surmounted by a cock

External bonds

the site of the Castle of Montceaux
Bibliography of Meaux a base of more than 6000 data on the men, the history, the art of Meaux and its surroundings

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