Palaiseau is a town of Île-de-France located in the department of Essonne, about twenty kilometers from Paris. Former royal estate in the sixth and the eighteenth century, the city then experienced a significant industrialization, becoming important common over 31 000 inhabitants it is today. Member of what was called later the famous red suburbs of Paris, she still knows important developments in the twenty-first century.
Well located, the city of Palaiseau is in the natural region of Hurepoix, crossed by Yvette who brings a certain charm to the city Ile. Palaiseau also enjoys all the comforts city with many public transport, shops, places of accommodation or an important cultural offer.
Old, this city of Essonne also allows visitors to discover a natural heritage, but also architectural most interesting with several sites listed historical monument. The sports and leisure facilities are also very present in this attractive and dynamic city.
The architectural and environmental heritage of Palaiseau attracts many visitors eager to discover the charms of the Île-de-France.
The Church of St. Martin, today listed building, was built in the twelfth century in Romanesque style. The nave was enlarged in the fifteenth century, and we can still admire today. Inside, it is possible to enjoy a beautiful sculpture of the Virgin and Child fourteenth century listed building, or an altar of the eighteenth century also ranked. Added to this is a painting on wood of the Virgin and Child and a painting by Giovanni Lanfranco classified as object.
Created in 1991, the Hurepoix museum is located in the hotel Brière, a residence of the seventeenth century. It traces the history of Palaiseau nineteenth to early twentieth century, with all aspects of local life of the time.
Mansions abound in the city of Palaiseau, including Conde hotel which now houses the Tourist Office, or the house of François Denis Tronchet, politician of the eighteenth century, which became the city Hall. We can also admire the streets of Paris house of the twelfth, fourteenth and eighteenth century.
Built in 1879, Fort Palaiseau aimed to protect Paris in the nineteenth century. Burned during the Second World War by the Germans, it now houses part of the services of the national education and Aerospace Research Office. Not far away, the batteries of the Point and Yvette experienced restorations.
Castle of Ardenay, the nineteenth century, the castles of Saussaye, from the same era, or the hotel from the Thieving Magpie dating from the eighteenth century does not lack interest.
Palaiseau also home to Art Nouveau houses, or a beautiful statue of Joseph Bara, a revolutionary baptized in the church of the city. The house of George Sand or that of Charles Peguy are also major attractions of Palaiseau.
Palaiseau but is also an important natural heritage. Located in the Chevreuse valley, the town offers indeed many green spaces including a forest, walk Leconte de Lisle, the Pierre and Marie Curie park, Parc Jean-Pierre Chabrol or the Hôtel-de-Ville park. Note that the old pilgrimage trail of Saint-Jacques de Compostela, the GR 655 through the town.
The animations are not lacking in the dynamic city of Palaiseau, which offers each year a large number of events.
The outdoor market is held every Thursday and Sunday morning on Victory Square, while the covered market settles every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
In May, Zicalizes, a Jamaican music festival, taking place in the streets of Palaiseau.
Every first weekend in June, the Guinguettes of Yvette have the opportunity to dive in the last century and to attend events of yesteryear.
The feast of the city and the sports festival for their take up the last weekend in June.
In June and December, Palaiseau offers a living painters and sculptors.
Organized the last weekend of August, the Aoutside festival offers concerts, shows or a ball.
Place the attic Bout mangy last weekend of September to do good business. At the same time, the city also offers its mountain and music festival.
In collaboration with the Polytechnic, Palaiseau proposed in November an international science film festival.
