Maurice Ravel's museum house

The composer Maurice Ravel was born on the 7th March 1875 at Ciboure, in the south west of France.

In 1921, he settled in Montfort l'Amaury.

He bought a little house called "Le Belvédère".

His friend, the famous conductor Manuel Rosenthal, described it : "It's a little house something like a small pavilion not even a detached house...Outside it looks just like a slice of camembert!".

He found the favourable calm of the village to his composition and the same time, he was near Paris.

The place appealed straightaway, in particular the view from the balcony opening on to the town and the surrounding countryside.

He died in Paris on the 28th december 1937. He is buried in the cemetery of Levallois-Perret.