From history to sport there is only one step to the castle of Maisons

Name: From history to sport there is only one step to the castle of Maisons
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Maisons

Visit this architectural masterpiece of the Great century that welcomed the young Louis XIV in 1651, and was throughout its history an aristocratic residence....

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

©Centre des monuments nationaux

Visit this architectural masterpiece of the Great Century which welcomed the young Louis XIV in 1651, and was throughout its history an aristocratic residence. Meet our speakers for talk points about the castle and its gardens. Our young audience is invited to discover in the park of the castle a sporting heritage from the famous musketeers: fencing. At 14:30, 15:30 and 16:30 the Union Sportive de Maisons-Laffitte Fencing offers a demonstration followed by an initiation.

About the location

Château de Maisons

2 avenue Carnot, 78600 Maisons-Laffitte

Yvelines
Île-de-France

The castle was built by François Mansart between 1640 and 1650\. By its architecture and exceptional decors it is the model of the classic French castle that inspired Vaux-le-Vicomte then Versailles. Louis XIV stayed there several times. The Château de Maisons has known prestigious owners and guests, whether they were kings or princes, emperors or marshals, but also writers or thinkers such as Voltaire, Madame de Staël or Benjamin Constant.