Château d'Issy

Château d'Issy
General information
Type	House of Bourbon-Conti
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Pierre Bullet André Le Nôtre

The Château d'Issy, at Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France, was a small French Baroque château on the outskirts of Paris. It was destroyed during the Paris Commune of 1871.

History

The small plot of land was bought in 1681 by the

Denis Talon died in 1698. The following year, on 4 February 1699,

When the Bourbon Restoration bought the monarchy back to France, the château was sold several times. The 19th century saw the addition of a dovecote, an orangery and of a building similar to the 17th-century "pavillon des bains".

During the Paris Commune of 1871, the château was bombed and left to burn. It stood in ruins for over forty years before being demolished in 1910. Later on, the town purchased a small part of the estate which had mostly been sold off in lots. That plot of land was transformed into Issy-les-Moulineaux municipal park Henri Barbusse.

The sculptor Auguste Rodin repurchased the pediment of the garden façade, as well as the avant-corps columns; he set up these pieces at his property of Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine).

Most of the site is now the home of the Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer ("French Playing Card Museum").

Gallery

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  Ground floor of Issy, c.1699, Bullet
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  Second floor of Issy, c.1699, Bullet
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  Entrance façade, c.1699, Bullet
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  Garden façade, c.1699, Bullet
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