CHÂTEAU DE LA CELLE
château with slate roofs, red brick walls and Etampes sandstone quoins.
Situated in a clearing in the Rambouillet forest on the banks of the Aulne, Château de la Celle was built between 1607 and 1614 for Claude de Harville, Marquis de Palaiseau and companion of Henri IV. It is typical of early 17th-century architecture, with its slate roofs, red brick walls and Etampes sandstone quoins. The site enjoyed its heyday in the last quarter of the 19th century, when, as the property of the Duchess of Uzès, it was home to a hunting team of sixty hounds and horses. The château became a mecca for venery hunters, and all the world's greats passed through during their hunting holidays. Less lively since the pack was transferred to Rambouillet shortly before the Second World War, its walls now house some 2,400 deer antlers - the duchess's hunting trophies - as well as superb pieces of Renaissance and 17th-century furniture, and other precious objects such as marbles, bronzes, paintings, earthenware and tapestries dating from Antiquity to the Classical period, presented in a collection passionately completed by the current owner. In fact, he's the one who gives tours of the premises, by appointment only, for around 2 hours. Created in 1950, the château's garden, a green carpet lined with boxwood and hornbeam, a hill of flowers, can only be visited on rare occasions. The privately-owned building is now protected as a Monument Historique.
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