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- Surface1 000 m²
- Rooms30
- Plot size09 ha
- EXCLUSIVE LISTING - SUMPTUOUS AND HIGHLY ELEGANT 18TH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE ON AN ISLAND SURROUNDED BY WATER-FILLED MOATS - Exceptional charm - Decorative programme comparable to the Palace of Versailles after Robert de Cotte and Jules Hardouin-Mansart - Exceptional documentary significance awaiting further exploration - Mill - 9 hectares - Requiring restoration - Listed Historic Monument - Vitry-le-François, Champagne.
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- EXCLUSIVE LISTING - SUMPTUOUS AND HIGHLY ELEGANT 18TH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE ON AN ISLAND SURROUNDED BY WATER-FILLED MOATS - Exceptional charm - Decorative programme comparable to the Palace of Versailles after Robert de Cotte and Jules Hardouin-Mansart - Exceptional documentary significance awaiting further exploration - Mill - 9 hectares - Requiring restoration - Listed Historic Monument - Vitry-le-François, Champagne.
After crossing the Saulx River and entering the island, a grand avenue of centuries-old plane trees leads through views of extraordinary charm and romanticism towards a pair of majestic pillars crowned with sphinxes marking the entrance to the courtyard, aligned with a long perspective terminating in a monumental column in the distance. This square courtyard is articulated by two corner pavilions facing the chateau, itself composed of a central single-storey corps de logis beneath a Mansard roof flanked by two corner pavilions. Entirely symmetrical in composition, the centre is distinguished by a monumental classical portico with four pilasters beneath a grand pediment, enriched by sculpture of exceptional quality. The semi-circular arched bays are surmounted by mascarons, each distinct and directly inspired by the Palace of Versailles. The central mascaron depicting Hercules reprises that of the fireplace in the Salon d’Hercule by Robert de Cotte, crowned by a trophy of arms composed of a club and quiver (executed between 1712 and 1736). The other mascarons representing Flora, Ceres, Bacchus and Poseidon are all inspired by the Salon de la Guerre begun by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1678 and completed by Charles Le Brun in 1686. The chateau, apparently completed in 1741, constitutes a direct reinterpretation of this decorative programme, something altogether exceptional and deserving of far more extensive scholarly study.
After crossing the Saulx River and entering the island, a grand avenue of centuries-old plane trees leads through views of extraordinary charm and romanticism towards a pair of majestic pillars crowned with sphinxes marking the entrance to the courtyard, aligned with a long perspective terminating in a monumental column in the distance. This square courtyard is articulated by two corner pavilions facing the chateau, itself composed of a central single-storey corps de logis beneath a Mansard roof flanked by two corner pavilions. Entirely symmetrical in composition, the centre is distinguished by a monumental classical portico with four pilasters beneath a grand pediment, enriched by sculpture of exceptional quality. The semi-circular arched bays are surmounted by mascarons, each distinct and directly inspired by the Palace of Versailles. The central mascaron depicting Hercules reprises that of the fireplace in the Salon d’Hercule by Robert de Cotte, crowned by a trophy of arms composed of a club and quiver (executed between 1712 and 1736). The other mascarons representing Flora, Ceres, Bacchus and Poseidon are all inspired by the Salon de la Guerre begun by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1678 and completed by Charles Le Brun in 1686. The chateau, apparently completed in 1741, constitutes a direct reinterpretation of this decorative programme, something altogether exceptional and deserving of far more extensive scholarly study.
- Surface : 1 000 m²
- Rooms : 30
- Bedrooms : 15
- Furnishing : Unfurnished
- Balcony : 1
- Plot size : 09 ha
- Location : Vitry-le-François 51300
- Reference : VM596
