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Gommecourt in the region of Île-de-France with its 597 inhabitants is a town in France - some 37 mi or ( 60 km ) North-West of Paris , the country's capital city .
Current time in Gommecourt is now 12:44 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: London, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Brussels. Since you are here already, make sure to check out London . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Gommecourt ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Giverny, France: Monet's Gardens
Claude Monet, the father of the Impressionist movement, spent his last 40 years in Giverny finding inspiration in these gardens. He diverted a stream, made a pond, filled it with water lilies and buil ..
Monet's Home and Garden in Giverny - May 2010
Claude Monet's home, famous garden and lily pond are located in the village of Giverny about 40 miles northwest of Paris. Monet lived and painted in the home and garden for 43 years. Today they are op ..
Giverny #1 Water Garden 011009 1MB
Join me in a circuit of Monet's Water Garden at Giverny on 1st October 2009. It was a non-stop film but turned out to be 12 minutes so I've snipped and shaved to get it 3 seconds under 10 minutes. You ..
Giverny #2 Clos Normand 011009
Join me in a walk In Monet's flower garden at Giverny - coming from the water garden to Monet's house and then up and down the Grand Allee with its carpet of nasturtiums. Filmed on 1st october 2009 ..
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Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon
The Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon (12 hectares), also known as the Arboretum de La Roche, is an arboretum managed by the Office national des forêts (ONF). It is located in the regional forest (309 hectares) north of La Roche-Guyon, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France, and open daily without charge. The arboretum was created in 1990 by the ONF. It symbolizes the geography of Île-de-France, and contains 1821 trees reflecting the region's municipalities.
Located at 49.10 1.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Epte
The Epte is a river in Seine-Maritime and Eure, in Normandy, France. It is a right tributary of the Seine. The river rises in Seine-Maritime in the Pays de Bray, near Forges-les-Eaux. The river empties into the Seine not far from Giverny. In 911 the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte established the river as the historical boundary of Normandy and Île-de-France. Claude Monet lived at Giverny near the river for more than forty years.
Located at 49.06 1.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Château des Tourelles
The Château des Tourelles is a ruined castle in the commune of Vernon in the Eure département of France. The castle originated in 1196, when Philippe Auguste (Philip II of France), fighting against the king of England, Richard the Lionheart, for possession of Normandy, seized Vernon and made the town a military base. The castle consists of four turrets twenty metres high. It is one of the few castles in France which has been practically unchanged for 800 years.
Located at 49.10 1.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Aubette de Magny
Aubette de Magny is a tributary of the river Epte in Val-d'Oise. Its source is near Magny-en-Vexin. It flows into the Epte at Bray-et-Lû.
Located at 49.15 1.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tour des Archives
The Tour des Archives is the keep of a former castle in the commune of Vernon in the Eure département of France. Its origin goes back to 1123, built by King Henry I of England, the son of William the Conqueror. It is 22m high and is a rare existing example of a round tower in Normandy, like the so-called tour Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc Tower) of the former Rouen Castle. The Tour des Archives has been classified since 1840 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
Located at 49.09 1.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
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