commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne () is a Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne (river), Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
region
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in north-central
France
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.
Brie-Comte-Robert is on the edge of the plain of
Brie
Brie (; ) is a soft cow's-milk cheese named after Brie, the French region from which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern ''département'' of Seine-et-Marne). It is pale in color with a slight grayish tinge under a rind of white m ...
and was formerly the capital of the ''Brie française''.
"Brie" comes from the
Gaulish
Gaulish was an ancient Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium ...
''briga'', meaning "plateau".
The "Comte Robert" was
Robert I of Dreux
Robert I of Dreux, nicknamed ''the Great'' ( – 11 October 1188), was the fifth son of Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.
Life
In 1137 he received the County of Dreux as an appanage from his father. He held this title until 1184 ...
who owned the town and was a brother of the King Louis VII.
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Briards''.
Sights
* The medieval castle
* Église Saint-Étienne: (13th century)
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
church, with its original
rose window
Rose window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in Gothic cathedrals and churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The term ''rose window'' w ...
above the quire, wood panels of the 15th century.
* Hôtel-Dieu: (13th century) this place has been a hospital, then a
nunnery
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. A recent building has been built, using the original facade of the chapel.
* A stunning market place with beautiful fruit and vegetables arranged almost like art