Located at an altitude of 154 meters1, the pond covers an area of 0.8 hectares. The “Ponts-Quentin stream” flows into the Rompu pond — coming from the Holland ponds located …
Developed during the reign of Louis XIV, this set of ponds and hydraulic structures was set up under the supervision of the “engineer, architect and hydraulics engineer”: Vauban himself. The …
Former retention basin, belonging to the networks of ponds and ditches built by Louis XIV to supply the large waters of the Palace of Versailles, this pond is today an ornithological reserve which shelters many species of migratory birds.
Another excellent local surprise, this pond (artificial, but dating from Vauban) was part of the system of channels and aqueduct which directed the waters from the Saclay plateau to the fountains of Versailles...