CastleTournan-en-Brie (77)

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$2,294,200

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Surface1,000 m²bedrooms10 land11.1 ha

50 minutes southeast of Paris, an authentic 17th-century chateau surrounded by moats, its two entrance pavilions and 11-hectare grounds. Behind the first entrance gate, the driveway leads to a stone bridge, which spans the moats filled with water. At the end of it, the main gate surmounted with a coat of arms and wrought-iron décor opens onto a cobbled courtyard, which is organised around a central circular lawn. The chateau stands directly ahead along an axis that follows the path of the sun throughout the day. On either side, two pavilions, facing one another, are integrated into the property’s overall symmetry and bordered by flowerbeds, which include an impressive Pierre de Ronsard rosebush.
Built at one end of the cobbled courtyard, the chateau is characterised by its symmetry and its brick and stone masonry topped with slate roofs with rounded hayloft dormer windows, which date the chateau’s construction to the beginning of Louis XIII’s reign. All the windows and doors are framed with ashlar stone.
Behind the chateau, a garden, enclosed partially by moats, leads to a drawbridge, which provides access to the grounds. These are organised on each side of the central walkway, which is aligned with the chateau and main entrance.
The estate was the property of the de Vigny family in the 17th century – of whom the poet Alfred de Vigny was a direct descendant – up until 1791, the date on which it was sold as national property following the emigration of the de Vigny family during the French Revolution. Built in the 1610s, a portion of the chateau was burned down during the Revolution and partially reconstructed in 1844. The chateau, including the courtyard, entrance pavilions, moats and bridges over the moats are today protected as historical monuments.