Domaine de Villarceaux

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Castle Facts:

Location: Chaussy, in the Val-d'Oise departement of France (Ile-de-France Region).
Built: 16th-18th century.
Condition: In good condition.
Ownership / Access: Owned by the department.
ISMH Reference Number: PA00080022
Notes: Domaine de Villarceaux is a 800 hectares of land including various structures: a historic site with two castles, golf, a reception center and lodging in old renovated barn, a farm with farmland and wooded area . The site of the castle, the thirteenth century to the bottom of the eighteenth century and for the upper part, is in a park of seventy hectares enclosed by walls. It contains a simple garden, a Renaissance garden and numerous ponds. The field is located in Chaussy, village of the French Vexin in Val-d'Oise, 5 km from Maudétour-en-Vexin, 8 km of Magny-en-Vexin and about 65 km northwest of Paris. The area is the subject of a classification as historical monuments since 10 September 1941 and since summer 2012, the EVE label for ecological vegetable Area. The site is an area of castles "eco-managed" by the regional council of Île-de-France under a long lease of 99 years with the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress, owner of places. It provides a unique set by its vast park, Renaissance gardens, magnificent outlook in a hilly site, and the presence of two castles, a thirteenth century manor home to the lovers of Louis de Mornay, Marquis de Villarceaux, and Ninon de l'Enclos, and a Louis XV-style castle of the eighteenth century. Ponds and canals are powered by 32 sources identified.

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