Maincy

Maincy is a commune with 1691 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Seine- et- Marne ( Île- de -France ). It lies in the plane of French Brie, about 6 km east of Melun, about 50 km south of Paris.

The history of the old village is closely interwoven with that of the castle of Vaux- le -Vicomte from the 17th century, the Park forms the western boundary of the municipality. The old stone bridge which Paul Cézanne served as a motive, an old watermill, the washing area and many houses in the typical style of the Brie witness earlier times. The church was built in the 12th century, remodeled in the 17th century by Louis Le Vau, the architect of the chateau, which was later appointed to Versailles.

The Tapestry Manufactory of Maincy

Worth seeing, especially the former, founded by the Carmelites of Melun monastery in which the Superintendent of Finance Nicolas Fouquet, a workshop for the production of Haute- Lisse Tapestries founded, which was active from 1658 to about 1668. Under the direction of Charles Le Brun were here about 300 workers and 19 Flemish weavers busy image, first create mainly to the precious features of Fouquet'schen castle. After the superintendent was in 1661 in disgrace, was the now of King Louis XIV provided with privileges " Manufacture de haute lisse tapestry de privilégiée " moved in 1668 to Paris, where they, together with the Parisian manufactory the basis of the new "Manufacture Royale de Tapestry "formed, which we now know as the Gobelins tapestry factory.

The whereabouts of the works is largely unknown. The castle of Vaux- le -Vicomte itself has only a Türbehang in which the coat of arms of Fouquet had been replaced by that of his successor in office Colbert. Just recently (as of 2006 ), the present castle owners can warp knitting revert at great cost to its previous state.