On the border between the two powerful regions of Picardy and Normandy, this can be seen in the houses which have the typical brick frame of the first and timber of the latter.
The village had its castle as early as 922. It was completed with a keep tower, a hospital and a college church in 1015. Rebuilt in the 15th after being burned to the ground by the English, the square tower still holds a treasure in its chapter room. From the church, the walk along the wall goes round Gerberoy, on the eastern part of the city, stands the place where Henri IV was tended to after being wounded at the battle of Aumale in 1592.
Henri Le Sidaner, a post-impressionist painter, was seduced by the silent Gerberoy and created an Italian-style gardens still visible from the walls.
What to discover?
• Collegiale St-Pierre: groups only and on appointment.
• Museum municipal (archeology).
• Village: groups only and on appointment.
Gerberoy