Maudétour Castle
The Maudétour Castle ( French Château de Maudétour ) is located in Maudétour-en-Vexin , a French commune in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region , 55 kilometers northwest of Paris . It was in 17./18. It was built in the 18th century and has been on the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique since April 11, 1947 . The castle is surrounded by a park that was laid out according to plans by André Le Nôtre and is also classified as a monument historique.
history
The construction of the current palace building began in the 17th century on the site of a previous building that had completely disappeared, the Manoir des Rubentel . The client for the new building was Charles de Rancher and his wife Élisabeth de Blagny, who wanted to have a symmetrical three-wing complex built. Initially, only the south-west wing of the palace was built. In the 18th century, a second wing was added to the south-east, which would later become the central part of the palace.
A descendant of the client, Antoine de Rancher, advisor to the king and Lieutenant des Berry , added a castle chapel to the complex , which was consecrated in 1738. For a long time it also served as the local parish church .
After several changes of ownership in the 20th century, the complex came to its current owners, who had extensive renovations carried out from 2006 to 2009 in order to then set up guest rooms in the castle building. In addition, rooms in the former farm buildings can be rented for celebrations and events.
description
The castle area is surrounded by a wall that has partially collapsed. Access to the castle is provided by an ornate, wrought-iron gate on the north side. It bears the initials of the client Charles de Rancher, seigneur de Maudétour.
The unfinished castle consists of two wings. The two-storey main wing has a risalit with a triangular gable as decoration. In the gable field there are two coats of arms, which are crowned by a margrave crown. These are the coats of arms of the de Rancher and de Blagny families. They were only installed there in 1818 and are the work of the sculptor Zéphir from Magny-en-Vexin . The same motif can also be found on the back of the main building.
The outbuildings such as stables, a courthouse called an audience with a prison in the basement and a pigeon tower from the 19th century have also been preserved. The former palace chapel was demolished in 1933 because it was in disrepair.
The castle buildings are surrounded by a 13-hectare park designed by André Le Nôtre in the 17th century. Apart from a few remains of the vegetable garden and a fountain, nothing remains of his work. In the park there is an ice cellar from the beginning of the 18th century. It could hold about 100 m³ of ice, which could be stored there until June / July.
literature
- Jacques Sirat: Le château de Maudétour . In: Bulletin des Amis du Vexin Français . No. 12, 1977.
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise . Volume 2. Flohic Éditions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , p. 572.
Web links
- Castle website (multilingual)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry of the castle in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Entry of the castle park in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ a b Information about the castle on topic-topos.com ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 30, 2014.
- ↑ a b c d Information about the castle on the website of the municipality of Maudetour-en-Vexin , accessed on September 30, 2014.
Coordinates: 49 ° 5 ′ 55.1 ″ N , 1 ° 46 ′ 35.5 ″ E