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15 - 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
8 € full price, 6 € reduced price (seniors +65, students, large families). Free for under 18 years. The visit to the park includes access to the Hippolyte trail, the forest maze, and the free visit of the chapel.
Registration
September 2023
Friday 15
14:00 - 17:00
Saturday 16
12:00 - 18:00
Sunday 17
10:00 - 18:00

Domaine de Courson

Château de Courson 91680 Courson-Monteloup
  • Essonne
  • Île-de-France

Park tour

The romantic park of the Domaine de Courson, labeled “Remarkable Garden”, was designed in the seventeenth century by a disciple of Le Nôtre, and was transformed in the nineteenth by many renowned land
15 - 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
8 € full price, 6 € reduced price (seniors +65, students, large families). Free for under 18 years. The visit to the park includes access to the Hippolyte trail, the forest maze, and the free visit of the chapel.
Registration
Jean-Pierre Delagarde

The romantic park of the Domaine de Courson, labeled “Remarkable Garden”, was designed in the seventeenth century by a disciple of Le Nôtre, and was transformed in the nineteenth by many renowned landscape designers like the Bülher brothers. You can walk through its paths that offer splendid views and are lined with impressive trees. The flora of the park is rich and dresses it in multiple colors, varying according to the seasons.

Types d'événement
Visite libre
Thèmes 2023
Patrimoine vivant
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Tarif préférentiel
Type de public
Tout public

About the location

Domaine de Courson
Château de Courson 91680 Courson-Monteloup
  • Essonne
  • Île-de-France
A prestigious residence steeped in history and a residence where plant heritage reigns supreme: these are the two faces of the Château de Courson. With its slate roofs, its harmonious volumes and its classic shape, which evokes a horseshoe and recalls the original mansion built in the sixteenth century, the castle of Courson, classified as a historical monument since 1944, is part of a certain French tradition. Home of the Speaker of Parliament, Guillaume de Lamoignon (17th century), then rehabilitated by the family of a general of Empire, the Duke of Padua (19th century), several original features give him his unique personality. It is a warm castle, thanks to the materials from the soil used for its construction. The stone in ferruginous sandstone, not grey as in Fontainebleau but white and yellow, blends perfectly with the local extraction brick, of a delicate orange. It is also a transparent home, characterized by a search for clarity. This is manifested in particular by the breadt
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Édifice industriel, scientifique et technique, Espace naturel, parc, jardin, Jardin remarquable, Monument historique
Access
35 km south of Paris, between Arpajon and Limours; access by N20, A10 and N118
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