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Meissonier Park

This 30-acre landscaped park has an ornamental lake, a rose-garden and many old and unusual trees, including a several hundred year-old Cedar from Lebanon. The park is named after Ernest Meissonier, a painter who lived in Poissy in the Enclos de l'Abbaye between 1846 and 1891.
For nearly five centuries, it belonged to the Royal Monastery, and has been used variously as a farm and a pleasure garden. Appreciated by poets such a Christine de Pisan and Ronsard, the park now belongs to the town and has been open to the public since 1952.
Surface : 12 ha

• Opening 2012 :
  Every days, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Visits :
  Unguided visits.
  Access adapted for disabled persons.
  
• Charges :
  Free.
• Services :
  Public lavatory, Drinking water fountain, Marriage photos, Children's playground, Dog admitted if kept on a lead, Carpark arranged.
• Access :
  By road:
  R.N. 13 or A 13 Rouen Direction - Exit n° 7 Poissy.
  A 14 Defense - Poissy - Orgeval.
  By rail:
  Station of Paris Saint Lazare until Poissy.
  R.E.R. Line A5, Direction Poissy.
  
  

  GPS (Lat x Long) : 48.928435000, 2.031087000