The village church dates from the Middle Ages and is built partially in the Romanesque style, though additions have since been made.

In 1890 he had enough money to buy the house and land outright and set out to create the magnificent gardens he wanted to paint.

Beginning around 1887, several American Impressionist artists settled to work in Giverny, drawn by the landscapes, the overall atmosphere, and the presence of Monet.

These included Willard Metcalf, Louis Ritman, Lydia Field Emmet, Theodore Wendel, and John Leslie Breck.

[4] Claude Monet's property at Giverny (house and gardens), left by his son to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1966, became a Museum opened to public visit in 1980 after completion of large-scale restoration work: the huge Nymphea's studio was restored and the precious collection of Japanese woodblock prints was displayed in several rooms, hung in the manner chosen by the master himself; the gardens were replanted as they once were.

Giverny is also located 9.0 km from the Middle Age castle of La Roche-Guyon and the Seine River Bank.