Nearly 58 identified therein. Until the mid-twentieth century, vegetables and some small industrial facilities characterize the activity of the village, which has only inhabitants during the terrible winter of That's when the city will experience a revolution, when the government decides to build a huge complex of more than 12, apartments. The operation lasted twenty years, from to and profoundly changed the face and the sociology of the city.
However, if several buildings "village" worth a visit and cultural events are worth the trip, it is the implementation of the "great together" that now is famous in the locality. So much so that the media, in the 60s, invented the term "sarcellite" to denote the "evil being" assumed its inhabitants. Discover Sarcelles is doing the splits between the monuments and buildings from some of the medieval era and the more recent features of urban architecture in that it was more "questionable" in the second part of the XXth century.
In chronological order, we must first visit in the "village", the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, listed building, built from The church was burned by the Huguenots in the sixteenth century and was restored over the centuries. The oldest part is the bell tower topped by a stone spire, surrounded by four pyramidons. The square choir of Gothic style dates from the thirteenth century.
Dated , the central portal is decorated with fine carvings. It continues with the current city hall, former mansion Miraville. Built in the second half of the nineteenth, it is style "historicizing" with Alsatian rating due to the origins of its first owner. First as a hotel, the mansion included in the inventory of historical monuments Heritage House, 1 rue des Pillars, still in the "village", houses the eponymous museum.
This beautiful home has a lovely park. The museum is run by the association "Sarcelles and its history. Free admission on Mondays from 14h to 17 pm Wednesday from 10am to 12pm and from 14h to 17h, Saturday from 10am to 12pm. Models, photos and drawings are exhibited on sqm, but the highlight of the visit is to take place in a reconstructed cockpit. Free access all year, Saturday from 14h to 18h or by appointment tel.
