Marcoussis

The church shelters a superb marble statue of the Virgin Mary donated by Jean de Berry to the convent of Célestins.

There was a commandry of the order of Saint Jean of Jerusalem from the 13th century (Brother Baudoyn commander of the "meson of the flood" in 1290); a vault is still visible.

Since 2002, the field of Bellejame to the east of the commune, abandoned for decades, saw the building of the CNR (National Centre of Rugby), where the French team trains.

This carnival is, according to certain sources, dedicated to the minister Jean-Martial Bineau (1805–1855) who under Napoleon III, took unpopular measures by decreasing State spending.

The procession starts at around 3pm, crosses the town by the main street from east to west to finish in Place de la Republique at dusk.

The parish church Sainte-Marie-Madeleine was built by Jean de Montagu at the same time as its castle at the beginning of the 15th century, it is registered on the additional inventory of historic buildings by decree of December 17, 1965.

The nave with three spans was built in the middle of 16th century by Jeanne d' Amboise, daughter of the amiral de Graville whose armorial bearings decorate the key of central crossing.

One can admire inside the church a Virgin with the Child in marble of Carrara, of 2 meters height, œuvre of Jean de Cambrai for Duke of Berry who made of it gift with the monastery of Célestins in 1408, it was classified as a historic building as of 1896.

Was given to the orphans apprentices of Auteuil in 1940, by Genevieve de la Baume-Pluvinel, as well as the grounds and the modern castle, with the proviso of making it a school of horticulture which would bear the name of Saint-Anthony in homage to her brother who died at 18 years of age during the First World War.

What remains today and is protected: Owned by the commune and currently housing the school of Arts, built in 1859 on the site of the convent dedicated to the Holy Trinity which had been completed in 1408 and occupied by Célestins.

In the southern section, the park is managed by the general council of Essonne and has: This building is now used as leisure centre, it was built in the last quarter of the 18th century.

Antoine Chintreuil , Landscape near Marcoussis (1864), Staatliche Kunsthalle , Karlsruhe .