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Art-history excursions

Often-unsuspected treasures an hour from Paris

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•Ecouen

      Feudal ferocity, glory & demise

 

 

•Saint-Denis

Arches, kings & Reds

•Vaux-le-Vicomte

    Springboard to Versailles

 

  

•Watteau's château

The grand 18th century

 •Renaissance water garden

French landscaping begins

 

 

•Troyes

Medieval capital

•Chantilly

Continuity channels change

 

 

•Dreux

Impact of funerary art

•Giverny

Nature revisited

 

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