Best of Giverny

Giverny Essentials

Giverny served as Claude Monet’s home and primary inspiration from 1883 until 1926. This selection highlights the Claude Monet Foundation, encompassing his pink-stucco house and the two distinct gardens he cultivated: the flower-lined Clos Normand and the Japanese-inspired water garden. It also includes the Musée des Impressionnismes, the Romanesque Église Sainte-Radegonde where the artist is buried, and the former studio that now serves as the foundation's visitor shop.

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Claude Monet Foundation

Walk through the house of the most famous impressionist painter, Claude Monet (famous e.g. for his Water Lilies), and stroll through his…

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Le Clos Normand

Claude Monet - famous impressionist painter - often found his inspiration in these gardens located by his house in Giverny.

Musée des impressionismes

This museum explores the history and legacy of the Impressionist movement through rotating temporary exhibitions. It is surrounded by a contemporary garden featuring structured flowerbeds and meadow-like landscapes.

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Claude Monet Grave

Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in…

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Église Sainte-Radegonde

A Romanesque church dating back to the 11th century. The churchyard contains the family tomb of Claude Monet and a memorial dedicated to British airmen from World War II.

Buste de Claude Monet

A bronze sculpture by Daniel Goupil, situated along the path between the village museums to commemorate the artist's long residence in Giverny.

Le jardin d’eau

Designed by Monet in 1893, this Japanese-inspired garden features the iconic green wooden bridge and the lily pond that served as the primary subject for his Nymphéas series.