Yville-sur-Seine (, literally ''Yville on
Seine
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'') is a
commune in the
Seine-Maritime department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in the
Normandy region in north-western
France.
Geography
A
farming village situated by the left (south) bank of the river
Seine
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, in the
Roumois some southwest of
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
at the junction of the D 45 with the D 265 road.
Population
Places of interest
* A fifteenth-century timber constructed
manoir.
* A stone cross from the thirteenth century.
* The church of St. Léger, dating from the twelfth century.
* The eighteenth-century
château of Yville, a privately owned historical monument. The magnificent gardens and grounds include a collection of
holly (ilex sp.), box (
buxus), lilac (
syringa) and roses. It was built by Jean-Jacques Martinet, from plans attributed to
Jules Hardouin Mansart
Jules Hardouin-Mansart (; 16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the Place des Victoires (1684–1690); Place Vendôme (1690); the domed chapel of Les Invalides (1690), and the Grand T ...
.
Château Official Website
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See also
* Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References
External links
Website of the Château d'Yville
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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