Guided tour of the Pavillon de la Muette

Name: Visite guidée du Pavillon de la Muette
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Pavillon de la Muette

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passat

Inscripcion

mm@esprimm.com

The construction of the Pavillon de la Muette has come a long way since the last edition of the Journées du Patrimoine. The tour will recall the rich history of the Pavilion, its architecture and present the renovation project underway. ------------- Saturday from 10am to 11am and from 11am to 12pm Sunday from 11am to 12pm --------------- Limited to 25 people per visit Booking required mm@esprimm.com

À propos du lieu

Pavillon de la Muette

Route forestière des Pavillons 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Yvelines
Île-de-France

Classified as a historical monument on April 7, 1921.
The Pavillon de la Muette is a hunting lodge built for Louis XV on the plans of Ange Jacques Gabriel between 1765 and 1775 in a neoclassical style. It stands on the site of the first castle of François I, in the middle of a large hunting crossroads in the north of the forest.
Larger than most contemporary pavilions, it includes a large “Italian-style” lounge, with an octagonal shape and a height of more than 7 metres, opening on all sides on forest paths. But the room of officers of the hunts, whose scenery is complete, has perhaps even more charm, while one remains surprised by the extent of the underground kitchens in stone. After a very long abandonment, the Pavillon de la Muette began a long-term restoration. A naked monument, it reveals the tricks and fragilities of the construction of «eighteenth follies». One can read the successive marks of Louis XV and Louis XVI, of Napoleon, Charles X, Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III or th

Etiquetas

Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Espace naturel, parc, jardin, Monument historique

Accès

Between the Grand-Cormier and Maisons-Laffitte train stations

Journès