Château de Saint-Ouen (Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, France)

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

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Château de Saint-Ouen stands in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis), in the Île-de-France region of France. The building is listed as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: first quarter of the 19th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

In Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, this square-plan château was built in the 1820s on the orders of Louis XVIII for his favourite, the Countess du Cayla, on the site of a 17th century residence where the king had signed in 1814 the declaration that paved the way for the constitutional Charter. The architect Jean-Jacques-Marie Huvé designed its symmetrical facades topped by a pavilion roof, in the spirit of Palladian follies such as the Petit Trianon or Bagatelle. The ground-floor reception rooms retain most of their original decoration, with columns imitating marble, elm burr woodwork and paintings by François Gérard. A municipal museum now occupies the building.

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The château is listed as a historic monument in its entirety, including the underground gallery surrounding it.
The best preserved rooms are those on the ground floor, formerly used for receptions.
A municipal museum now occupies the building.
The historic park has largely disappeared, replaced by urban and industrial development.