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Castle Castle · Essonne · 58 m

Château de Courances

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Construit entre 1622 et 1630 par Claude Ier Gallard, le Château de Courances a connu de nombreux changements au fil des siècles.

Après avoir été laissé à l’abandon au cours du 19ème siècle, il fut entièrement restauré à partir de 1872 par le Baron Samuel de Haber, riche banquier suisse à la recherche d’une grande demeure. Il fait alors appel à l’architecte Hyppolite Destailleur.
Ils entament donc un grand travail de restauration et en profitent pour rajouter des éléments importants tels que le fameux escalier en fer à cheval, inspiré du château de Fontainebleau, et les briques rouges sur toutes les façades, typiques de l’époque Louis XIII, mais inexistantes jusqu’à la fin du 19ème. On dit alors du château de Courances qu’il est deux fois Louis XIII !

Aujourd’hui, le château est encore privé, et il abrite quatre générations de la famille Ganay.

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48.441306, 2.468975
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48°26'28.7"N 2°28'08.3"E
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31U 460726 5365487
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Château de Courances

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15 Rue du Château,
91490 Courances
+33 1 64 98 07 36 http://www.domainedecourances.com/
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