Château de Louveciennes

The Château de Madame du Barry is a château constructed at the end of the 17th century in Louveciennes, in the Yvelines department of France. It was expanded and redecorated in the middle of the 18th century by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Madame du Barry. The estate's most famous building is the Pavillon de Musique, a music and reception pavilion constructed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1770–71). The pavilion sits in the middle of a park that was designed in the 19th century.

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Château de Louveciennes ranks #2,180 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #170 of the 469 mapped in France. Founded c. 1675, it is older than 24% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 580 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,074 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. 36 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Paris, 17 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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