Castle of Sceaux

The Château de Sceaux (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) so]) is a grand country house in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, approximately 10 km (6 mi) south-southwest of the centre of Paris. Situated in a large park laid out by André Le Nôtre, partly in Antony, visitors can tour the house, outbuildings and gardens.

The former château was built for Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's minister of finance, who purchased the domaine in 1670. The present château, designed to evoke the Louis XIII style, dates from the Second Empire. Some of Colbert's outbuildings remain, as well as the bones of the garden layout. The Petit Château operates as the Musée de l'Île-de-France, a museum of local history. The Département des Hauts-de-Seine operates the site as the Musée du Domaine départemental de Sceaux.

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Castle of Sceaux zajmuje 1220. miejsce na 3813 w rankingu rozpoznawalności zamków tego atlasu i 88. wśród 276 obiektów we Francji. Powstał w 1905 — jeden z 94 obiektów atlasu powstałych w XX wiek. Zobacz w statystykach zamków, jak wypada Francja.

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