Château de Champs-sur-Marne
- Monument
Not far from Paris, Champs-sur-Marne is surrounded by a large track of land acquired by the financier Poisson de Bourvallais at the end of the reign of Louis XIV.
Built at the beginning of the 18th century, it belonged to the Dukes de La Vallière, who entertained the Encyclopédistes: Diderot, d’Alembert, Voltaire, etc. The Marquise de Pompadour rented it in 1757-1758. The castle was restored at the end of the 19th century by Count Louis Cahen d’Anvers. The house is situated in a long perspective with terraces running down to the Marne river.
The decoration of the rooms reflects the tastes of the successive owners: original monochromes in the oval drawing room, rococo panelling in the Chinese drawing room created for the Duke de La Vallière, and delicate wainscoting in the room of the Marquise de Pompadour.
In 1935, Charles Cahen d’Anvers, Louis’ son, gave the château and the 84-hectare park to the French State, which then richly furnished the house. Albert Lebrun, the President of the French Republic, made it an official residence for distinguished foreign visitors, a role it fulfilled until 1974.
Practical information
Château de Champs-sur-Marne
31 rue de Paris
77420 Champs-sur-Marne
Going there
RER: line A, station Noisiel le Luzard
Bus: 220
From Paris: motorway A 4, exit Champs
From everywhere else: motorway A 4, exit Noisiel
Localisation
On the Paris/Marne-la-Vallée road
18 km east of Paris