The cube of the " melodious madman " - "Le cube du fou chantant"

" I like the Marne, it rests me of the stage ", said funnily Charles Trenet. Keen on houses - besides his family property of Narbonne, he will possess two others in Antibes and in Perpignan, as well as a castle in Aix-en-Provence, an apartment to Nogent-on the Marne and a duplex in Canet-en-Roussillon - the " melodious madman " also lived in Varenne, in front of the island of Amour. Encouraged by its friend Cocteau, Trenet acquired, in the 1930s, this "concrete cube" which he occupied (partially with her mother) during fifty years. He found the inspiration of numerous melodies there and sang the lifestyle to Saint-Maur all over the world, as shown by the text " to See again Paris ". Not far from the property, a sculpture pays tribute to the artist. At the foot of the work, the bronze hat is a molding of one of its felt-tips.