Château de Ferrières

The Château de Ferrières (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) fɛʁjɛʁ]) is a French château built between 1855 and 1859 for Baron James de Rothschild in Goût Rothschild style in Ferrières-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, France, some 26 km east of Paris.

James de Rothschild originally bought the property in 1829 from the heirs of Joseph Fouché, a minister of Napoleon. At that time, the property consisted of only a small castle on the bank of a pond with a few additional land plots that James de Rothschild added through successive acquisitions. Rothschild ownership of the Château de Ferrières was passed down through the male line according to the rule of primogeniture, until it was donated by Guy and Marie-Hélène de Rothschild in 1975 to the University of Paris. Considered to be the largest and most luxurious 19th-century château in France, it can be reached from Rue Rucherie in the town of Ferrières-en-Brie.

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Château de Ferrières ranks #746 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #68 of the 469 mapped in France. Founded 1855, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 16,115 times in the last 60 days, more than 96% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Paris, 27 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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