Louveciennes. Louveciennes is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Ile-de-France region in north-central France.
It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and adjacent to Marly-le-Roi. Many castles from the 17th and 18th century.
The Château de Louveciennes, built in 1700 by Louis XIV and given to Madame du Barry by Louis XV. The Louveciennes Aqueduct of the Machine de Marly. Louveciennes was frequented by 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 on 30 March 1842.
Anais Nin was a popular Cuban novelist born in Neuilly, an area in Paris and lived in Louveciennes from 1930 to 1936 at 2 bis, rue Montbuisson. The start of her career as an author started in this very special town. Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, died in Louveciennes 19 March 1987. Orchestra conductor Charles Munch resided in Louveciennes at Place Emile Dreux, in the village of Voisins during the last decade of his life. A plaque to that effect has been placed on the residence. Until 1964, Louveciennes belonged to the former Seine-et-Oise
It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and adjacent to Marly-le-Roi. Many castles from the 17th and 18th century.
The Château de Louveciennes, built in 1700 by Louis XIV and given to Madame du Barry by Louis XV. The Louveciennes Aqueduct of the Machine de Marly. Louveciennes was frequented by 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 on 30 March 1842.
Anais Nin was a popular Cuban novelist born in Neuilly, an area in Paris and lived in Louveciennes from 1930 to 1936 at 2 bis, rue Montbuisson. The start of her career as an author started in this very special town. Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, died in Louveciennes 19 March 1987. Orchestra conductor Charles Munch resided in Louveciennes at Place Emile Dreux, in the village of Voisins during the last decade of his life. A plaque to that effect has been placed on the residence. Until 1964, Louveciennes belonged to the former Seine-et-Oise
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