Can you visit the château de Grenelle?

No, the château disappeared in the 19th century and no building remains.

Where was the château de Grenelle located?

It stood where place Dupleix and the square Nicole-de-Hauteclocque now lie, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.

Why was the château de Grenelle destroyed?

It was used as a gunpowder works, and an explosion on 31 August 1794 destroyed most of it, killing over a thousand people.

Are there any remains visible today?

No remains of the château itself survive; only the later barracks built on its site and the surrounding street layout recall its history.

Château de Grenelle

Grenelle Castle

Paris

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Where: Paris

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Château de Grenelle stands in Paris (Paris), in the Île-de-France region of France. No visits are on record for this building.

The château de Grenelle no longer stands: it was a manorial farm on the Grenelle plain, long since absorbed into the urban fabric near place Dupleix in Paris. Owned by the abbey of Sainte-Geneviève, the estate passed to the Crown in the mid-18th century and was later turned into a gunpowder works after the Revolution. An explosion in 1794 destroyed most of it, after which the site became a military gymnasium and then a cavalry barracks. There is nothing to visit on the spot today, apart from the street layout and the square Nicole-de-Hauteclocque, which mark where it once stood.

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Where this château is

Paris · Paris · Île-de-France

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Can you visit the château de Grenelle?: No, the château disappeared in the 19th century and no building remains.
Where was the château de Grenelle located?: It stood where place Dupleix and the square Nicole-de-Hauteclocque now lie, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Why was the château de Grenelle destroyed?: It was used as a gunpowder works, and an explosion on 31 August 1794 destroyed most of it, killing over a thousand people.
Are there any remains visible today?: No remains of the château itself survive; only the later barracks built on its site and the surrounding street layout recall its history.