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Domingo 17 septiembre 2023, 10:00Passed
Iraila 2023
Igandea 17
10:00 - 18:00

Domaine de Courson

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

Exceptional visit of the water tower

Open to visitors only during the Eruropean Heritage Days, the Courson Water Tower was built of cut stone around 1640, and is a unique testimony of the way of al…
Domingo 17 septiembre 2023, 10:00Passed
Domaine de Courson / Marcel Charbonnel

Open to visitors only during the Eruropean Heritage Days, the water tower of Courson was built in stone around 1640, and is a unique testimony of how to supply water to a multi-storey building, from the 17th century to the present day, before the invention of electricity. Elements of its operation still exist today, including the arena room, the wooden axis, part of the gear wheels, the lead tank...
It has 4 levels: in the basement is the spring water reserve. On the ground floor, called "carousel", an axis was driven by the movement of two mules on a circular paved path. On the first floor of the gear wheels then put in motion pistons allowing to raise the water to the level of a lead tank located on the second floor to a height of 7m, sufficient to feed the castle.
In 1850 the wooden gear system was replaced by a cast iron system and the mules by a steam engine. In 1925 a gasoline engine allows to feed directly the park, without going through the tank.
Until 1975 the water tower provided all the water necessary for the consumption of the castle and continues today to allow the watering of the park through electric pumps.

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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
Acceso
35 km south of Paris, between Arpajon and Limours; access by N20, A10 and N118
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