During the Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days), rediscover your region, its historic monuments and its many museums, where you can learn more about a wide range of subjects. Throughout the Île-de-France region, these institutions open their doors to you, usually free of charge, for guided tours, themed walks or events for young and old alike. The Yvelines département, south of Paris, is packed with little nuggets and towns that have welcomed artists, kings and queens and famous personalities.
Direction Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, in the valley of the same name, where Raymond Devos, Marie Curie and the Coubertin family came to spend their days relaxing away from the hustle and bustle of the capital. Their estates are dotted around the city, including the Coubertin estate, home to the Jardin des bronzes, a collection of sculptures and a 30-hectare park. In this verdant setting, you'll find numerous historical relics and charming , relaxing gardens , just a stone's throw from hiking trails that take you through the Natural Park.
It's a great opportunity to take a stroll along the canal path, through some twenty pretty flower-bedecked footbridges that lead to picturesque stone houses, old wash-houses and a medieval castle, all of which will make for great discoveries as you step back in time on September 20 and 21, 2025.
Discover Chevreuse: the Little Venice of the Yvelines and its lovely Petits Ponts walk
Just 40 minutes from Paris, Chevreuse, nicknamed the Little Venice of the Yvelines, offers a splendid stroll across its small bridges. This verdant setting, accessible by RER train, offers an unsuspectedly charming escape. We invite you to embark on a nature adventure between canals and picturesque paths! [Read more]
In Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, a funny escape in the house-museum of Raymond Devos
Looking for a break from routine? Take a leap into the funny, poetic world of Raymond Devos, by visiting his house in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, near Paris. [Read more]
Fondation de Coubertin
Guided tour of the bronze garden and park at Domaine de Coubertin
Visit of the bronze garden, the park of the Domaine de Coubertin and discovery of the new route in homage to the 40th anniversary of Jean Bernard's donation of the works of his father, the sculptor Joseph Bernard.
Montgomery's tomb
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Marta Pan and André Wogensky Foundation
Just a few kilometers from Paris, the great project of this twentieth-century artist and architect couple was born. Marta Pan, sculptor, and André Wogenscky, architect. She rubbed shoulders with Maurice Béjart, Constantin Brancusi, Fernand Léger and Étienne Hajdu, who worked with and directed Le Corbusier's studio.
The couple chose to settle in the Vallée de Chevreuse in 1952, to live and express their respective creative energies away from the hustle and bustle of the city and the world. This intimate setting, reflecting their intellectual and artistic complicity, became the Fondation d'utilité publique Marta Pan - André Wogenscky in 2011. The 7,000 m² park features some twenty sculptures by Marta Pan. The house is open to the surrounding nature, the source of their shared inspiration.
Marta sculpts wood, marble and melts steel, while André imagines living, working and leisure spaces with audacity and innovation. What would the work of one have been without the other? What would Marta's Cercle Carré be without André's clean lines? So much evidence of their creative complicity that it has become one of the most recognized cross-works.
Today, the Marta Pan - André Wogenscky Foundation is more than a conservatory for the modern couple's work. It is a place of research, archives, publishing and inspiration. It also works closely with contemporary artists, inviting visual artists, choreographers, architects and art and architecture historians to reflect on the work of these two great artistic personalities.
Just a few kilometers from Paris, the great project of this twentieth-century artist and architect couple was born. Marta Pan, sculptor, and André Wogenscky, architect. She rubbed shoulders with Maurice Béjart, Constantin Brancusi, Fernand Léger and Étienne Hajdu, who worked with and directed Le Corbusier's studio.
The couple chose to settle in the Vallée de Chevreuse in 1952, to live and express their respective creative energies away from the hustle and bustle of the city and the world. This intimate setting, reflecting their intellectual and artistic complicity, became the Fondation d'utilité publique Marta Pan - André Wogenscky in 2011. The 7,000 m² park features some twenty sculptures by Marta Pan. The house is open to the surrounding nature, the source of their shared inspiration.
Marta sculpts wood, marble and melts steel, while André imagines living, working and leisure spaces with audacity and innovation. What would the work of one have been without the other? What would Marta's Cercle Carré be without André's clean lines? So much evidence of their creative complicity that it has become one of the most recognized cross-works.
Today, the Marta Pan - André Wogenscky Foundation is more than a conservatory for the modern couple's work. It is a place of research, archives, publishing and inspiration. It also works closely with contemporary artists, inviting visual artists, choreographers, architects and art and architecture historians to reflect on the work of these two great artistic personalities.
Happy Heritage Days in Yvelines!
Dates and Opening Time
From September 20, 2025 to September 21, 2025
Location
Saint Rémy lès Chevreuse
78470 Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
78470 Saint Remy les Chevreuse
Prices
Free
Official website
www.ville-st-remy-chevreuse.fr
