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Saturday 17 September 2022, 11:00, 14:00Passed

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Free, on-site registration, 30 max

September 2022

Saturday 17

11:00 - 12:00

14:00 - 15:00

Accessible to the motor impaired

7 to 99 years old

Musée national de la Renaissance

Château d'Écouen 95440 Écouen

Val-d'Oise
Île-de-France

Conference visit "The Castle of Écouen, architecture and decor"

Name: Conference visit "The Castle of Écouen, architecture and decor"
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée national de la Renaissance

The Castle of Écouen is a major architectural achievement of the French Renaissance. The visit will allow you to discover its architecture and decor still intact today.

Saturday 17 September 2022, 11:00, 14:00Passed

Conditions

Free, on-site registration, 30 max

RMNGP

By Sylvaine Joy, RMNGP speaker. Built for constable Anne de Montmorency to house the courtyard, the Château d'Écouen is a major architectural achievement of the French Renaissance. The visit will allow you to discover its architecture and its decor still intact today. 1h

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About the location

Musée national de la Renaissance

Château d'Écouen 95440 Écouen

Val-d'Oise
Île-de-France

The castle, built from 1538 to 1555 by the constable Anne de Montmorency, retains part of its original decoration evoking the atmosphere of a great patron of the time: pavements of enamelled tiles executed by Masséot Abaquesne, locks, decorated panels, and painted fireplaces. Several architects took turns for its construction, including Jean Bullant who realized the portico of the south wing to present in niches "the slaves" of Michelangelo offered by the king of France Henri II to the Connétable. During the Revolution, the castle was saved from destruction by Abbé Grégoire. Its 17-hectare park of high forests is enclosed by a wall and is crossed by large alleys leading to a plain designed by Hardouin-Mansart at the end of the 17th century.
Picture: Aerial view of Ecouen Castle National Renaissance Museum