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CHATEAU WITH SUMPTUOUS RENAISSANCE AND 18TH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE 60 KM FROM PARIS - One of the most beautiful gardens in Île-de-France - Superb decorative interiors - Gallery - 26 hectares free of lease - Fully listed Historic Monument - Vexin, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France. 60 km from Paris, in a beautiful preserved valley of the lush Vexin region, this Renaissance chateau built around 1540 and enlarged around 1710 and 1780 is nestled within an enchanting setting of Italian-style gardens, among the most beautiful in the surroundings of Paris. On the honor courtyard, the 1540 Renaissance façade is adorned with a rich décor of pilasters, capitals, and foliage scroll friezes, making it one of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture in private hands. A grand staircase leads to the large entrance hall of the chateau. On the right, the medieval keep with its two watchtowers has been preserved and also embellished with Renaissance decoration. To the west, the extraordinary gardens inspired by the Villa Gamberaia in Tuscany, among the most beautiful in France, unfold across three Renaissance terraces through a play of perspectives featuring boxwood parterres, yew topiaries, lime-tree avenues, and flowing water features. The secret garden with its statue of Neptune and its four squares of black and white tulips. The greenhouse garden with its 24 squares of tree peonies, hellebores, and “Black Parrot” tulips. The Moon Garden, wonderfully composed after that of the Gamberaia, is inspired by Andrea Mantegna's early 16th-century painting “Virtues and Vices” preserved at the Louvre. Architecture here is created by nature itself: the portico is formed from yew trees, and the half-moon shape is made of water. A cascade flows through the garden from north to south. The Sun Garden on the upper terrace is composed of a checkerboard pattern, blooming in spring with 40,000 daffodils and yew-shaped chess pieces. To the south, a superb classical façade built around 1710, of outstanding architectural quality, features five ground-floor arcades framing the staircase of the Renaissance gallery opening onto the park. The large pediment is decorated with a Rococo cartouche. The interior combines sumptuous Renaissance volumes with high-quality 18th-century decorative interiors. Inside, this residence bears witness to the splendor of the Renaissance through two salons with vast fireplaces, one featuring a remarkable sculpted ceiling, a large Renaissance gallery, and a Renaissance staircase with straight flights, barrel-vaulted and decorated with moldings and pilasters. The refinement of the 18th century unfolds in the staircase hall, particularly open, luminous, and theatrical, with cabochon flooring and a highly elegant wrought-iron banister. A small salon, a dining room decorated with wood paneling, a spectacular office-library extending over two floors with a balustraded skylight. A library. A small dining room. On the second floor, 7 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 WCs, and a large 100 m² salon adorned with a marble fireplace. In the bedrooms are several beautiful decorative features including wood paneling, alcoves, and 18th-century marble and limestone fireplaces. On the third floor, a beautiful southwest-facing bedroom, WC, bathroom, and vast attics. Two spiral staircases. A caretaker's apartment on the garden level restored in 2023–2024, 100 m², 2 bedrooms, living room, entrance hall, bathroom. Extensive outbuildings, barns, monumental wine press, footbath. 5 entrances. Septic tanks. Approximate developed area: 2,300 m². Oil-fired central heating. Mains water supply. Natural spring-fed gravity water system. 26 hectares in one block and free of lease in total, including 4 hectares of walled gardens. EBTS label; Grand Prize for Gardens 2015. Historic Monument protection: The chateau, excluding the classified sections: listed by decree dated 4 June 1926. The façades and roofs: classified by decree dated 20 June 1945. The chateau park, including the built structures and enclosure walls and excluding the statuary, as well as the façades and roofs of the outbuildings and the two original removed turret elements of the chateau (see plan attached to the decree) (cad. B 1676, 640, 643): listed by decree dated 13 December 2006. OPTIONAL: A beautiful 18th-century farmhouse restored in 2023 of approximately 500 m², 5 bedrooms, large kitchen open onto nature and the indoor swimming pool. Brand-new swimming pool. 8,000 m² free of lease. (Price: 790,000 Euros agency fees included, including 4.76% payable by the buyer; option available only in addition to the chateau). Price: 4,460,000 Euros agency fees included (including 4.76% agency fees payable by the buyer). Not subject to DPE. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Geohazards website: georisques.gouv.fr.

The Château du Maréchal de Saxe An Exceptional Historic Estate on the Outskirts of Paris. Just twenty kilometres from Paris, at the heart of an estate spanning approximately sixty hectares, the Château de la Grange, better known as the Château du Maréchal de Saxe, stands among the most remarkable historic residences in the Île-de-France region. Originally commissioned in 1617 by Charles Duret de Chevry, Superintendent of Finances under King Louis XIII, and designed by the architect Jean Thiriot, a close associate of Cardinal Richelieu, the château was built on the foundations of a former fortified farm in the heart of the Forest of La Grange. Its elegant brick-and-stone architecture, a hallmark of the Louis XIII style, gives the property a timeless distinction. Offering approximately 1,300 sq.m (14,000 sq.ft) of living space, complemented by around 1,700 sq.m (18,300 sq.ft) of outbuildings, the estate presents exceptional potential for a luxury hospitality, events, institutional or mixed-use development of international standing. The château entered history in 1748 when it was acquired by Maurice de Saxe, Marshal of France, victor of the Battle of Fontenoy and one of the greatest military strategists of the eighteenth century. He undertook extensive improvements to the estate, including the creation of the celebrated Galerie des Stucs (Stucco Gallery). Over the centuries, the estate passed into the hands of several distinguished families closely connected to the highest circles of power, notably the Gourgaud family, whose history is deeply intertwined with the Napoleonic era. Listed as a Historic Monument, the château has preserved its façades, roofs, ceremonial gallery, several historic reception rooms, its Cour d’Honneur, moats, magnificent entrance gates and a substantial part of its landscaped park. The current owners have successfully revived the estate by restoring its historic salons and establishing a refined gourmet restaurant, demonstrating the remarkable potential of a property where heritage, gastronomy, nature and the French art of entertaining coexist in perfect harmony. Today, this extraordinary estate awaits a new visionary owner. Its immediate proximity to Paris, the quality of its architectural heritage, the scale of its buildings and the beauty of its grounds make it a truly rare opportunity to create a prestigious hotel. Some estates preserve history. Others offer the opportunity to write it.