| Page Views: 198 Last Visit to Meaux: February, 2009 I Visit Here Frequently | The city of Brie and the king's confessor by pedmar - last update: Sep 2, 2009 |
Episcopal palace of Meaux | Episcopal palace of Meaux |
home of bishop Bossuet, confessor to king Louis XIV, and a great religious power of his time, now there is a museum and a lovely garden a la française. A city tracing more than 2000 years of history, and nostalgia as i t is my wife native town. Many times there still going on.....
see virtual tour of the city at ofiice de turisme de Meaux
http://www.ot-meaux.fr/-Visite-virtuelle-.html |
| Jacobins convent in Meaux |
|  | convent jacobins a Meaux a religious order still going on in Meaux, nice area for a walk a bit of religious history |
| flea, food clothing market around cathedral/marne |
| | market days around cathedral and river marne best shopping, center of the area, and to get the real Brie de Meaux, king of cheeses, cheese of kings vienna congress 1815. |
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| Pros: | "nice historical walkable town, near Disneyland" | | Cons: | "cannot my wife town ::)" | | In A Nutshell: | "The gothic of France reign supreme here" |
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jumpingnorman Thu Mar 19, 2009 15:48 UTC
Le Marche in Meaux -- it's always fun going to this little markets... |
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