Many remains found on the town indicate that gallic tribes lived in this locality race before the Roman presence. All that remains of this period that the traces of an ancient dolmen Dennemont.
Followed the Roman legions and settle it in tilling a field as the remains of a limestone burial slabs were discovered Dennemont.
Follainville had to suffer the invasion of Normandy. In 1087, when William the Conqueror vowed to destroy the town of Mantes, he sent Ascelin Goël destroy the crops and vineyards. The latter ordered the Norman troops to cut the trees nearby.
Castle Dennemont, now destroyed, belonged to the philosopher Condorcet from 1785 to 1793 and Mr. Roissy, sub-prefect from 1823 to 1833. There are still some boves next to the current nursing home, traces of the ancient castle, one of which retains a press to apple wood screws.
The stronghold until 1792 depended Dennemont St Martin-la-Garenne.
SIGHTSEEING
Cross monumental (sixteenth century) near the church Follainville: registration by order of December 10, 1927.
Follainville church: the building is responsible for centuries of history. The oldest parts of the monument, the chapel, the lower part of the tower show the presence of a church since the 11th century. The building has undergone various transformations of the 14th to the 16th century as the great ship without a vault of 45 feet long and 11 m wide, the nave is paved with stones in the country. An inscription commemorates the dedication ceremony June 24, 1561, for St. John, in the presence of Denis Paris, Archbishop of Rouen at the time. Tower and remains of 12th century building serving as a vestry: registration by order of December 10, 1927.
Chapel Dennemont: dedicated to St. Elizabeth, which dated from 1645, there was celebrating Mass on Sundays and holidays. It was adjacent to the castle said Condorcet, built on the current site of the hospital. Demolished in 1750, it was rebuilt soon redémolie then in the early 20th century. Thanks to a generous donor, Demoiselle Lenoir, the present chapel was built in 1910 in what was then the outskirts of the village.
Other vestiges of more recent heritage, the washing stone cover, the washing stone and wood which still flow sources Follainville centuries.
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9
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300 € per week
La maison de Catherine et Christian
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8.6
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7.4
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8.2
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