Corbeil-Essonnes is a town of Île-de-France region in the department of Essonne. It is located about thirty kilometers from the capital, Paris, on the border between the Hurepoix, the Gâtinais and French Brie.
The town was formed in 1951 from the association of the city of Corbeil, Gallo-Roman city and royal city, and Essonnes, which has been inhabited since the Paleolithic. Second city of the department, it enjoys an important heritage and an illustrious past. The town, in fact, used to house the royal mills. Today, besides being an important economic center in the Paris region and be very well served by public transport, the city is a popular tourist destination. His past royal city worth it to have even now a large number of heritage sites to find the time to some walks in the streets of downtown. The natural heritage does not lack either interest with over two hundred hectares of land considered rural.
Royal city and major economic center in the twelfth century, the city of Corbeil-Essonnes present today its visitors a rich and important cultural heritage.
Built between the twelfth and thirteenth century deconsecrated church Saint-Jean-en-L'Isle has been listed historical monument. Today museum, it was once a Commandery of the Knights St John of Jerusalem, the future Order of Malta.
Cathedral Saint-Spire, built in the fourteenth century, has been ranked twice as Historic Monuments. It was dedicated to the first bishop of Bayeux, Saint Exupère, and takes place at the heart of the historic center of the city. Romanesque style mainly, it is granite and limestone and has a chorus to five sides of the fifteenth century. Inside, the marble lying the Count Aymon I was classified as an historic monument. Also classified the painting by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, representing an exorcism, is beautiful.
The St. Stephen's church with its bell tower of the twelfth century and its nave of the thirteenth century, was also listed building. Style also novel she shows traces of paintings of the fifteenth century on the frame and a fresco on the ceiling. Red and ocher, it represents musicians angels that accompany a final judgment.
Walking through Corbeil-Essonnes, visitors can also admire a geographical point struck with a lily listed historical monument and the remains of the Church of Our Lady.
Les Grands Moulins nineteenth century registered historic monument, as Hall covered market and its metal architecture, are a fine example of industrial architecture.
Labeled heritage of the twentieth century, the Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix built in 1960 is worth a look, as is the Protestant church and wooden belfry, or the old mill powder seventeenth century and the Castel pretty residence in the nineteenth century of Waldeck-Rousseau.
Many parks beautify the city, as the two largest, the park of La Nacelle and that of Chantemerle. Winner of three flowers in the competition of cities and villages, the city is also crossed by the GR2 hiking trail that borrows the banks of the Seine.
Animated and close to the culture, the city of Corbeil-Essonnes offers each year a wide range of events.
Different markets Corbeil-Essonnes are held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday mornings at different places of the city.
A Christmas market is also present at year end.
photographic meetings, Urban eye takes place every year in April with exhibitions, meetings, and a photography competition.
Each year in May, the city hosts an international tournament in rhythmic gymnastics.
Between June and July, the city offers its Corbeil-Essonnes Jazz Festival with concerts over several days.
In September, time to party in the forest. Each year a theme is chosen with different animations.
In October, Parcours d'Artistes is the opportunity to attend exhibitions of all kinds.
