Heritage Days 2024 at Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse (78)

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, and to make some wonderful discoveries as you step back in time, on September 21 and 22, 2024.

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The 2024 Heritage Days program at Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse

Fondation de Coubertin

• Guided tours and self-guided tours of the Fondation de Coubertin museum
  September 21 and 22
  

  Guided tours and free wandering in the bronze garden, the park and part of the Château du Domaine de Coubertin.

  
  
  

Montgomery's tomb

• The Claireau story from the grave
  September 21 and 22
  

  On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, guided tours will enable residents of the Vallée de Chevreuse and beyond to rediscover the Claireau estate. Between the 1890s and the present day, the site has been home to a tomb, a château, manual workshops and, finally, a residential complex. Starting with the last vestige of the estate, Montgomery's tomb, we'll retrace this forgotten history.

  
  
  

Happy Heritage Days in Yvelines!