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Château de Mesnil-Voisin

France · 17th century

Founded
1635
Architect
Michel Villedo
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit · classified historical monument
Location
Janville-sur-Juine
Coordinates
48.52058°, 2.27599°
Links
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Château de Mesnil-Voisin in France
Photo: Parisette · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The château de Mesnil-Voisin is a French château, located at the heart of the hamlet of "Mesnil-Voisin" in the commune of Bouray-sur-Juine in the department of Essonne.

Le château was built by Michel Villedo, one of the famous "Maçons de la Creuse". It has an orangery, kitchens, coach houses and workshops. At the centre of its communal courtyard a huge dovecote with 3000 niches and a wood-framed roof, and topped by a conical turret – it is rare in having its moveable internal staircase still intact.

The course of a canal bordering the rear of the château was entirely removed between 1999 and 2001. It has thus returned to its original course, leaving the Juine a short distance upstream of the château and rejoining it some distance downstream, just before the pont de Cochet.

Text adapted from “Château de Mesnil-Voisin” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château de Mesnil-Voisin ranks #6,501 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #578 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded 1635, it is older than 28% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 851 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Paris, 38 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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