Château de Guermantes

Château de Guermantes is a Château located in Guermantes, Seine-et-Marne, northern France. It is a listed monument since 1944.Construction of the Château de Guermantes was undertaken by Claude Viole , whose family had possessed the fief of "Le Chemin" since the mid sixteenth century. Paulin Pondre purchased the property in 1698. He engaged Jules Hardouin-Mansart for renovations to the building, completed in 1710 , and André Le Nôtre to lay out the garden. Pondre was receveur des finances at Lyon and had become one of the most powerful financiers of the reign of Louis XIV; he was appointed President of the Cour des Comptes in 1713. Guermantes was the scene of memorable fêtes.

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