agenda – culture

Berthe Morisot ‘s house

Bougival

01 Dec – 30 Mar

Maison Berthe Morisot, a new museum space in Bougival. Berthe Morisot lived in Bougival, as her daughter Julie tells us in her diary “the happiest moments of her life”.

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Team-building: ‘Madame de Montespan’s artefact’ indoor nomadic investigation

Versailles

For your team-building days: In a location of your choice, investigate for 1 hour and 30 minutes the mystery of the lost Artefact of Montespan.

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Opening of the Congress Hall at the Château de Versailles

Versailles

15 Feb – 31 Mar

To mark the 150th anniversary of the Third Republic, the Château de Versailles is exceptionally opening the Congress Chamber and the flat of the President of the Congress to the public on a self-guided and guided tour.

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Aux sources des Grandes Eaux de Versailles (randonnée-conférence)

Versailles

17 May

Découvrez les installations hydrauliques conçues sous Louis XIV dans la ville de Versailles ! Pour alimenter les fontaines des jardins du château, le Roi-Soleil a fait réaliser des travaux extraordinaires, dont d’importants vestiges subsistent en ville.

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Gallery of the Sculptures and Casts Versailles Sculptures / Louvre’s Mouldings collections

Versailles

18 May

Come and discover Athens and Rome in France!

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3rd Architecture and Landscape Biennial – ‘Changing Climates’ exhibition

Versailles

07 May – 13 Jul

The ‘Changing Climates’ exhibition explores how built environments can be transformed into urban ecologies.

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3rd Architecture and Landscape Biennial – ‘Quand la ville dort!’ exhibition

Versailles

07 May – 13 Jul

A dreamlike immersion in the nightlife of regional nature reserves

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3rd Architecture and Landscape Biennial – ‘Versailles before and after / 2010-2030’ exhibition

Versailles

07 May – 13 Jul

From the renovation of the former royal hospital to the emergence of the Gally and Satory districts, and including the construction of the Chantiers centre, the Tourist Office and the Biosphere, Versailles has been transforming itself for over 10 years.

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3rd Biennial of Architecture and Landscape – Expo Tout garder/tout changer. Repairing and caring for cities

Versailles

07 May – 13 Jul

The aim of ‘Tout garder/tout changer’ is to share inventive and positive solutions for repairing and transforming cities and regions, adapting them to the effects of climate change, making them sustainable and striking the right balance.

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3rd Architecture and Landscape Biennial – ‘We… the climate’ exhibition

Versailles

07 May – 13 Jul

The Potager du Roi, a laboratory for future landscapes. We invite you to discover the ‘Nous… le climat’ exhibition at the heart of the King’s Kitchen Garden in Versailles.

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La maison de Berthe Morisot à Bougival (visite guidée)

Bougival

23 May

Découvrez la maison de vacances de Berthe Morisot à Bougival ! Et immergez-vous dans l’œuvre pleine de fraicheur et de lumière de cette incomparable artiste : jardins en fleurs, enfance, féminité sont au cœur de la peinture de la 1e femme impressionniste!

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3rd Architecture and Landscape Biennial – ‘4° Celsius between you and me’ exhibition

Versailles

07 May – 13 Jul

Scientific studies show that temperatures in France will rise by +4°C by 2100.

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Jardins Musicaux

Versailles

01 Apr – 31 Oct

Au fil des saisons et au rythme de la musique baroque, partez à la découverte des jardins à la française du château de Versailles.

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Royale Factory – PARIS COMEDY CLUB

Versailles

16 Jan

The funniest comedians from the new generation and the Parisian scene.

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Hot topics – Fragmentin

Versailles

01 May – 13 Jul

À l’occasion de la Bap! 2025, Fragmentin (composé de Laura Nieder, David Colombini et Marc Dubois) présente une exposition à La Maréchalerie, en résonance avec le thème « Quatre degrés Celsius entre toi et moi ».

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Street Art in Versailles

Versailles

30 May

Discover the City of Versailles in a different way! For centuries, Versailles has attracted artists from around the world, all of them seeking to be inspired by the City of Kings. That’s still the case today!

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The Musical Gardens Show 2025

Versailles

01 Apr – 02 May

As the seasons go by, to the rhythm of baroque music (Lully, Handel, Charpentier, Campra, Cavalli…), stroll through the remarkable French gardens of Château de Versailles!

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Dans les coulisses de l’Académie équestre (visite guidée)

Versailles

31 May

Hors des heures d’ouverture au public, franchissez les portes de la Grande Ecurie et découvrez son histoire depuis sa construction sous Louis XIV jusqu’à nos jours en parcourant manège historique, boxes, carrière et sellerie…

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Les visites guidées du château de Versailles

Versailles

01 Apr – 31 Oct

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Landscape paintings at the Musée Lambinet

Versailles

26 Feb – 01 Mar

A third edition of ‘Collectionneurs d’aujourd’hui’ kicked off this week at the Musée Lambinet.

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Les Rencontres des Menus-Plaisirs

Versailles

02 Jun – 25 Jun

Le Centre de musique baroque de Versailles vous invite aux Rencontres des Menus-Plaisirs, un cycle de conférences dédiées à la musique et aux arts des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles.

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Pass Malin

Versailles

01 Jan – 31 Dec

Le Pass Malin est une carte de réduction gratuite créée par les Départements des Yvelines et des Hauts-de-Seine. C’est le compagnon idéal de vos sorties dans l’ouest francilien !

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The Royal Serenade in the Hall of Mirrors – Château de Versailles Show

Versailles

07 Jun – 13 Sep

On Saturdays in summer, after the Grandes Eaux Musicales or before the Grandes Eaux Nocturnes, discover the Grands Appartements of the Château de Versailles as you’ve never seen them before.

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The Musical Fountain Show 2025

Versailles

05 Apr – 26 Oct

Enjoy the extraordinary beauty of the gardens of Palace of Versailles, as you stroll with your family or friends through the groves exceptionally open to the public, discover the fountains playing and listen to the music that once animated them.

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The Night Fountain Show 2025

Versailles

07 Jun – 20 Sep

Every Saturday evening in summer, the Royal Gardens of the Château de Versailles are adorned with a thousand lights and invite you to take a journey through time to the rhythm of the music of the Sun King.

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Galerie à l’Ecu de France – UN CADAVRE EXQUIS ! Exposition des élèves des ateliers d’art

Viroflay

05 Jun – 06 Jul

Discover a playful and surreal exhibition created by students from the municipal art workshops.

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3rd Architecture and Landscape Biennial – ‘Petite Agora de la Métropole du Grand Paris’ exhibition

Versailles

07 May – 13 Jul

A place to meet and debate in the heart of the city

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3rd Biennial of Architecture and Landscape Design in the Île-de-France Region

Versailles

06 May – 13 Jul

After ‘Man, Nature and the City’ in 2019, and ‘Earth and Cities’ in 2022, the Biennial of Architecture and Landscape of the Île-de-France Region returns to Versailles from 7 May to 13 July and continues its reflection with ‘The Living City’.

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Château de Versailles – Exhibition: Genius and Majesty: Louis XIV by Bernini

Versailles

03 Jun – 28 Sep

From 3 June to 28 September 2025, the Château de Versailles is staging an exhibition focusing on the famous Bust of Louis XIV, created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, a major figure of 17th-century Italian Baroque better known in France as Le Bernin.

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Victor Hugo and Les Misérables, from reality to ideal exhibition

Bièvres

01 Mar – 30 Nov

The exhibition is organised around the literary monument that is the novel Les Misérables, which has touched readers around the world for two centuries.

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Lost Gardens of the Sun King

Versailles

01 Apr – 30 Oct

For the first time, the Château de Versailles opens its doors for an extraordinary journey back in time in virtual reality! Dive back in time to 1682 and follow Mr Le Nôtre, Louis XIV’s gardener, on a never-before-seen tour of gardens that have now disappeared.

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Salon des Expositions de la Celle-saint-Cloud – CARCASSE

La Celle-Saint-Cloud

12 Jun – 29 Jun

Carcasse’ is a group exhibition exploring the concept of the carcass, both literally and figuratively.

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Université Ouverte – Exhibition of UOV art workshops

Versailles

02 Jun – 03 Oct

Presentations of work by students in the Watercolour – Chinese Calligraphy – Drawing – Photography – Bookbinding workshops. Come and discover the work that UOV students have been working on throughout the year. Take a look without moderation!

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Molière Month

Versailles

01 Jun – 30 Jun

The whole city becomes a big open-air stage, to live together a warm, festive and educational event.

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Théatre de la Celle-saint-Cloud – MIME DE RIEN

La Celle-Saint-Cloud

13 Jun

The loudest mime in France!

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Ondula Festival 25

Bougival

14 Jun – 15 Jun

Insula devient Ondula festival pour sa quatrième édition ! Nouveau nom, nouvelle DA, encore plus de nouveautés… mais toujours la même mission : te faire danser au soleil, au bord de l’eau, sur notre île de la Loge au Port-Marly. L’été commence ici !

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Pauline Viardot en musique

Bougival

17 May

Evoking the life of Pauline Viardot One Saturday a month, mezzo-soprano Parvati Maeder Lapointe and pianist Joel Keller will spend 30 minutes at the Villa Viardot evoking the stages in the musical life of Pauline Viardot.

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Musée de la Toile de Jouy – Guided visits

Jouy-en-Josas

09 Feb

Every second Sunday of the month, at 3:30 pm, the museum offers a guided tour of its permanent or temporary collections with a Heritage lecturer.

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Concert Classique

Versailles

15 Jun

Découvrez un concert classique à Versailles ! Assistez à une soirée musicale passant du baroque jusqu’aux tziganes. Ne manquez pas cet événement !

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Opéra Royal – Lully : Proserpine

Versailles

15 Jun

Premiered in 1680 at the Court of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and crowned with great success, Proserpine marks the return of the rich collaboration between Quinault and Lully, interrupted following the scandal of Isis in 1677.

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Royale Factory – LA BALLADE DE JULES

Versailles

18 May

An old storyteller and his two acolytes come to tell us the common story of Jules, a child born in peace who grew up in war.

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Versailles mystérieux (promenade contée)

Versailles

08 Jun

Suivez la comédienne Roxane qui vous raconte avec passion les grandes affaires qui ont défrayé la chronique à Versailles au temps des rois ! Au fil des rues et sur le ton du secret, elle vous confie les dessous de l’Histoire, potins et autres cancans…

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Dramatised tour of the Musée Lambinet – Journey through the collections

Versailles

15 Jun

New tour. Jean-Baptiste, a friend of the former owners of the mansion that is now the Lambinet Museum, invites you on a dramatised tour.

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Opéra Royal – Actéon – Charpentier

Versailles

16 Jun

Actéon is a little ‘hunting opera’ composed by Charpentier in 1684 as a short musical tragedy in six scenes.

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Eglise Notre Dame – Concert by the Berkeley Community Chorus -California

Versailles

18 Jun

The Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra (BCCO), one of the largest symphony choirs in the San Francisco area, invites you to an exceptional concert at Notre-Dame de Versailles, in the heart of the Royal City.

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The Buc arcades: water flows through the valley

Buc

18 Jun

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the valley’s classification, Buc has decided to organise an evening conference devoted to the Arcades aqueduct, on Wednesday 18 June at 8pm at the theatre of the same name.

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Les bébés concerts !

Bougival

16 Oct

Concerts classiques dès la naissance!

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Opéra Royal – Landi : La morte Orfeo

Versailles

18 Jun

Stéphane Fuget continues his exploration of early Italian opera, after recording the trilogy of Monteverdi operas at Versailles.

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Chapelle Royale – Janus 2025 : d’hier et d’aujourd’hui

Versailles

19 Jun

With a new work by Adrien Trybucki, the Pages and Chantres of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, conducted by Fabien Armengaud and Clément Buonomo, offer a panorama of double-choir works from across the centuries…

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Opéra Royal – Baroque carnival

Versailles

19 Jun – 22 Jun

An original creation, a unique show: at the crossroads of baroque music and the circus arts, this Carnival tells the story of a festive day in Rome.

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Royale Factory – DIDEROT EN PLEIN COEUR

Versailles

19 Jun

Diderot en plein cœur is a philosophical, humanist and resolutely optimistic comedy, brought to life by Charlotte Saliou and Aurélien Cavaud’s dynamic, light-hearted adaptation.

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Château de Versailles – Anniversary of the Jeu de Paume Oath SOLD OUT

Versailles

20 Jun

As part of France Music Week, the Château de Versailles is staging a concert on 20 June 2025 at a venue that is emblematic of French history.

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Concert VIVALDI, BUXTEHUDE, GOUNOD et RHEINBERGER par le Chœur de Chambre de Versailles

Versailles

20 Jun

Concert VIVALDI, BUXTEHUDE, GOUNOD et RHEINBERGER avec chœurs et ensemble instrumental

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Felix MENDELSSOHN, l’initiateur romantique

Versailles

20 Jun

Concert exceptionnel rassemblant 3 chœurs, 3 chefs et 3 œuvres dans un programme pour choeur et orchestre consacré à Félix Mendelssohn.

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Fête de la Saint-Jean à Fontenay-le-Fleury

Fontenay-le-Fleury

20 Jun – 22 Jun

This year, Saint-Jean makes the center-ville live! Au program three days of festive, gourmet and convivial animations in the heart of the city!

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Hugues Aufray

Versailles

20 Jun

Figure incontournable et atypique de la scène musicale française, Hugues Aufray fait une escale à Versailles

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Palais des Congrès – Hugues Aufray

Versailles

20 Jun

Hugues Aufray, a key figure on the French music scene, makes a stopover in Versailles.

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Royale Factory – ELISE ORLIZ in MA PHILOSOPHIE

Versailles

20 Jun – 21 Jun

Élise Orlizzing pokes fun at philosophers with such humour and self-mockery that you’ll end up loving philosophy!

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Théâtre : Les Trois Sœurs

Versailles

20 Jun

Anton Tchekhov

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Visite guidée de la Maison Léon Blum

Jouy-en-Josas

21 Jun

Une nouvelle visite guidée a été annoncée ! Rendez-vous le samedi 21 juin à 15h pour découvrir Léon Blum et sa dernière demeure.

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Dans la peau d’un courtisan (promenade ludique)

Versailles

27 Apr

Découvrez en vous amusant les aspects curieux de la vie quotidienne à la cour de Versailles ! En vous menant dans les rues de la ville royale, votre guide vous raconte avec drôlerie usages de la mode, règles d’hygiène, éducation des princes…

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Fête de la musique – Guinguette de l’Association Saint Michel

Saint-Cyr-l’École

21 Jun

Une petite envie de musique et de fête pour commencer l’été ? A l’occasion de la fête de la musique, soirée guinguette à Saint Cyr l’Ecole le samedi 21 juin de 19h30 à 23h – restauration légère sur place.

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La Journée du clavecin invite le hautbois

Versailles

21 Jun

Venez découvrir clavecins et hautbois,récemment reconstruits pour la production d’Atys (2024), au Centre de musique baroque de Versailles avec les clavecinistes de l’association Clavecin en France.

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Théatre des arcades de Buc – THE NIGHT OF YOUNG TALENTS – 3rd EDITION

Buc

21 Jun

A gala evening dedicated to the city’s artists’ seeds. An evening full of surprises, good humour and new discoveries.

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Bestiaires ou couleurs

Versailles

23 Jun

Les chœurs des primaires du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles vous invitent à un moment festif et musical, explorant la musique de Benjamin Britten et des créations inédites.

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Grande salle des croisades – Mozart / Jadin: Concertos for pianoforte

Versailles

23 Jun

Geniuses often die too young: while the Austrian Mozart (1756-1791) died at 35, almost the same age as Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), the Versailles-born Hyacinthe Jadin (1776-1800) died at 24, overcome by tuberculosis.

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Opéra Royal – Mozart / Jadin: Concertos for Pianoforte

Versailles

23 Jun

Concert for pianoforte and conductor

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Chapelle Royale – In the footsteps of the masters

Versailles

26 Jun

The entire Baroque period took pleasure in ‘parodying’ and drawing inspiration from the music of the Masters, to whose limitations this programme is dedicated: Vivaldi and Rameau are the symbols of this, but it was also their ‘style’ that was copied.

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PARIS COMEDY CLUB – Royal Factory

Versailles

16 Jan

The funniest comedians of the new generation and of the Parisian scene. The best comedians will play in Paris … Tonight they come to your place. On the program, surprises! Come laugh with them!

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Une année de musique de chambre

Versailles

26 Jun

Les Chantres et Chantresses du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, présentent la restitution d’un an de travail sur le répertoire de musique de chambre, du baroque au XXe siècle.

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The chapel of the Lycée Hoche, former convent of the Queen

Versailles

15 Mar

Discover the good works of a queen of France … It is Marie Leszczynska, wife of the king Louis XV, who wanted to provide a school to the girls of the city of Versailles.

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Royal Factory _ TRISTAN LUCAS dans FRANCAIS CONTENT

Versailles

27 Jun – 28 Jun

Tristan Lucas is a rare specimen, a… Content Frenchman

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Concert de harpe et poésie à la Maison Léon Blum

Jouy-en-Josas

28 Jun

La fin de notre saison culturelle approche… Avant notre pause estivale, que diriez-vous d’assister à un dernier concert à la Maison Léon Blum ? Rendez-vous le samedi 28 juin à 18h dans le jardin de Jeanne et Léon Blum pour un concert de harpe et poésie !

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Le Bruit du Blé – Spectacle en plein champ pour découvrir le monde paysan

Rennemoulin

28 Jun

Un spectacle gratuit – Le Bruit du Blé – de Gaël Faure autour de l’oeuvre de Jean Giono, pour découvrir le monde paysan.

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Le Vieux-Versailles, des origines à nos jours (visite guidée)

Versailles

28 Jun

Devenu quartier d’une ville nouvelle, l’ancien village de Versailles rassemble des témoins des règnes successifs : du Grand Commun et du Jeu de paume de Louis XIV aux ministères de Louis XV et Louis XVI, découvrez un concentré d’histoire de la cité royale

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Musée de la Toile de Jouy – Exhibition Concours ateliers d’art de France

Jouy-en-Josas

29 Jun – 03 Sep

The jury for the Ile-de-France regional prize in the Ateliers d’Art de France competition is meeting to select the next winners in the ‘Heritage’ and ‘Creations’ categories. Following the results, all the creations will be exhibited at the Museum.

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Police Investigations and Cases in Versailles

Versailles

29 Jun

Relive the major criminal cases that occurred in Versailles from the royal era all the way to the 20th century!

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Salon d’Hercule – Bach : Concertos pour 1.2.3 violon(s)

Versailles

30 Jun

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, a young baroque violin prodigy, takes over the baton of the Royal Opera Orchestra for an exceptional concert of Bach’s famous violin concertos.

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World Model Expo 2025

Versailles

04 Jul – 06 Jul

With over 4,000 exhibits, 80 specialist retailers and a world-class competition, World Model Expo is the place to be for miniature art enthusiasts and anyone interested in discovering exceptional expertise.

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World Model Expo 2025

Versailles

04 Jul – 05 Jul

Le plus grand événement mondial dédié aux figurines et maquettes fait son grand retour en France et s’installe à Versailles près de 30 ans, après sa première édition

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Yvelines Théâtre Bois d’Arcy : Abricadébara

Bois-d’Arcy

04 Jul

Dans le cadre du Festival Yvelines Théâtre, organisé par le Département des Yvelines, découvrez la pièce “Abricadebara” de la compagnie des Miracles. Un spectacle gratuit et accessible à tous.

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Lorànt Deutsch

Versailles

05 Jul

Dans un seul en scène survolté, Lorànt Deutsch nous invite à un voyage sur les traces de la langue et de l’histoire françaises.

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Opéra Royal – Vivaldi : La Senna Festeggiante

Versailles

05 Jul – 06 Jul

Vivaldi’s works played a significant role in the rich relationship between Venice and Versailles, which stretched around the Grand Canal from the flotilla of Little Venice to the mirrors of the Hall of Mirrors.

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Parc du Château de Buc – CINÉMA PLEIN AIR The film Migration

Buc

05 Jul

An evening to share with family and friends In the idyllic setting of the Château de Buc park, come and discover or rediscover a masterpiece of the 7th art.

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Petit Théâtre de la Reine – Vivaldi: La Senna Festeggiante

Versailles

05 Jul – 06 Jul

Vivaldi’s works played a significant role in the rich relationship between Venice and Versailles, which stretched around the Grand Canal from the flotilla of Little Venice to the mirrors in the Hall of Mirrors.

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Israeli dance show – Association Danse et Plus

Versailles

06 Jul

The Danse et Plus Association, a small group of adult amateur dancers, puts on a short show at the end of each season, this year in Versailles.

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Versailles, royal city – The Notre-Dame district

Versailles

04 May

Discover the city created by the Sun King! Located north of the Palace of Versailles, the Notre-Dame district is the new city wanted by Louis XIV to facilitate stays of the Court and embellish the surroundings of his residence …

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Le Street art grandeur murale à Versailles (visite guidée)

Versailles

12 Jul

Découvrez l’ensemble spectaculaire de grands murs peints du quartier Jussieu à Versailles ! Commande de la ville, réalisés par 10 artistes, ils introduisent un art contemporain et populaire dans ce quartier excentré.

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Opéra Royal – Vivaldi / Guido: The Four Seasons

Versailles

12 Jul – 14 Jul

Born around 1675, he was is noted among the violin students at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples, then among the musicians of the Chapelle Royale until 1702.

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Opéra Royal – Vivaldi / Guido: The Four Seasons

Versailles

12 Jul – 14 Jul

Concert of violin solo and direction

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La datcha d’Ivan Tourgueniev et la villa Viardot (visite guidée)

Bougival

06 Jun

Ivan Tourgueniev et Pauline Viardot ont été séduits par le charme des coteaux de Bougival… Visitez la datcha que l’écrivain s’y fit construire et la maison de la cantatrice, et découvrez la vie et l’œuvre de ces riches personnalités artistiques !

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The Revolution and the Royal Tennis Court

Versailles

19 Jul

The French Revolution began in the city of Versailles

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Nature et culture aux abords du Grand Trianon (randonnée-conférence)

Versailles

26 Jul

Faites le plein de nature tout en cultivant votre esprit ! Redécouvrez l’histoire des demeures installées dans le parc de Versailles, parcourez les majestueuses avenues plantées et le chemin du rû de Gally, admirez les arbres de l’Arboretum voisin…

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Versailles, royal city – The Saint-Louis district

Versailles

25 May

Immerse yourself in a truly 18th century city! Located south of the castle, the Saint-Louis district is mainly reminiscent of the refined period of King Louis XV.

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The Fire Night Fountains Show 2025

Versailles

15 Aug

An unmissable event! For the fifth year in a row, The Fountains Night Show will be showcasing the royal fireworks at the The Fire Night Fountains Show.

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La maison de Léon Blum à Jouy-en-Josas (visite guidée)

Jouy-en-Josas

22 Aug

Revenu de Buchenwald en 1945, Léon Blum s’installe à Jouy-en-Josas avec Jeanne, de 27 ans sa cadette, qu’il vient d’épouser et qui maintiendra son souvenir jusqu’en 1982 dans cette demeure restée intacte…

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Royale Factory – It’s decided, I’m becoming a cunt

Versailles

04 Sep – 06 Sep

Come and see Elise Ponti’s new comedy.

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Royale Factory – A tale of the perched cat

Versailles

07 Sep

Despite their parents’ instructions, Delphine and Marinette prefer to play with their new can of paint rather than go and work in the fields.

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Royale Factory – Christelle Chollet – New Spectacle

Versailles

26 Sep – 27 Sep

20 years on: Christelle Chollet invented her own genre, the One-Woman-Show-Musical, mixing sketches and revisited hits.

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Palais des Congrès – JÉRÉMY FREROT – GAMIN DES SABLES

Versailles

27 Sep

After the success of Frero Delavega, Jérémy Frerot pursued his solo career, recording 2 albums and winning 2 gold discs.

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