Château de Jossigny
1 rue de Tournan 77600 Jossigny
- Seine-et-Marne
- Île-de-France
Exceptionally open for European Heritage Days. The castle of Jossigny was built in 1753 for Claude-François Leconte des Graviers, councillor in the Fifth Chamber of Inquiries of the Parliament of Paris, by the architect Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne (1711 – 1778), last of the illustrious Mansart dynasty. Located 32 kilometres east of Paris and 6 kilometres south of Lagny-sur-Marne, It is a precious testimony of the architecture of a mid-eighteenth century rock house in all that it has of most charming and picturesque. At the end of the sixteenth century the domain of Jossigny enters into the heritage of the family of Bragelongue , It is by a complex game of alliances that it fell in the nineteenth century to the family De Roig. Baron Guy-François donated it to the state in 1949, retaining the usufruct until his death in 1975\. The estate is now managed by the National Monuments Centre. The castle, as well as the facades and roofs of the outbuildings, the park and the alleys, have
Tags
Monument historique, Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Édifice rural & Maison, appartement, atelier de personnes célèbres
Accès
Located in 32 km in Paris, the castle of Jossigny is accessible(approachable) easily by the road. There from Paris, take highway A4, outing(exit) N ° 12, continue on D35, direction(management) Bussy Saint-Georges, then to the right D406 direction Jossigny, route 30' from Paris. By public transportation, RAPID-TRANSIT RAIL SYSTEM With Direction(Management) Chessy, station(resort) Bussy Saint-Georges, then drunk on weekdays for Jossigny, some some on Saturdays, no on Sundays. The castle of Jossigny is in about 3 km in Bussy Saint-Georges.
©Patrick Cadet/centre des monuments nationaux