Sweet chestnuts from Tournebride
The sweet chestnuts of Tournebride (French: Châtaigniers de Tournebride ) are centuries-old trees that stand in the forest of Tournebride in the Yvelines department in France .
In January 2006 these trees received the distinction of Distinctive Trees in France by the Association ARBRES (Arbres remarquables, bilan, recherches, études et sauvegarde).
The trees became known to a wider public after the impressionist Alfred Sisley painted the sweet chestnuts several times in 1865 and then exhibited them. The painting "Châtaigniers à la Celle-Saint-Cloud" was exhibited in 1866 in the Paris Salon , the regular art exhibition initiated by King Louis XIV . Today the painting is in the Petit Palais in Paris , the former exhibition pavilion of the world exhibition held in Paris in 1900 . The painting “Allée de Châtaigniers à la Celle-Saint-Cloud” (Avenue of the Sweet Chestnuts at La Celle-Saint-Cloud) was exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1868 and is now in the Ordrupgaardsamlingen Art Collection in Copenhagen .
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The sweet chestnuts
A tribe
Allée de châtaigniers à La Celle-Saint-Cloud by Alfred Sisley ; (1865)
Information sign to mark the distinctive trees
Web links
- La Celle-Saint-Cloud - Paris suburb to the north-west (in French)
- Peintures sur les Yvelines - Paintings on scenes from the Yvelines department (in French)
- List des arbres remarquables de France - List of prominent trees in France (in French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 21 ″ N , 2 ° 8 ′ 29 ″ E