Dreux holds 1 places documented in this archive, among them Chapelle royale de Dreux.
What this page is
This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Dreux, France: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.
Why visit
Dreux is the birthplace of François-André Danican Philidor, born on 7 September 1726, a composer and one of the strongest chess players of his century.
Origins and history
The town was the civitas of the Gaulish tribe of the Durocasses. Its religious foundations go back to the Frankish kings: the abbeys of Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon and of Saint-Bénigne de Dijon are owed to Gontran and to his brothers Chérebert and Childéric, and the small church of the castle of Dreux very probably owed its existence to them too, though the date is hard to establish. In the twentieth century the town acquired a remarkable Art Deco heritage: the cité-jardin des Rochelles, built in 1931 by André Sarrut and Georges Beauniée, and the former La Radiotechnique factory, built between 1956 and 1962 by Marcel Reby, were both labelled in 2016.
Key facts
- Country: France
- Region: Centre-Val de Loire
- Places in this archive: 1
- Centre of the documented entries: 48.7372°N, 1.3664°E
Places documented in Dreux
- Chapelle royale de Dreux — The Royal Chapel of Dreux is the burial place of the House of Orléans and an early landmark of French Gothic Revival architecture, celebrate
What is on in Dreux
- Birth Anniversary: François-André Danican Philidor — September 7, 1726 — 7 September 2027
Sources
The entries listed above are the source of the counts, the names and the position on this page.
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