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  5. 94360 Bry-sur-Marne

  6. Castle of Bry

Castle of Bry dans le Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne

Castle of Bry

    4 Rue de Noisy le Grand
    94360 Bry-sur-Marne
Photo de Castle of Bry
Scanné par Claude_villetaneuse

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1622
Initial construction
1756-1760
Reconstruction by Frémont d'Auneuil
1760
Acquisition by Étienne de Silhouette
20 novembre 1870
Fire during the war
1925
Transformation into Catholic School
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

François Ours Miron - Counselor of the King Sponsor of the first residence.
Adrien Robert de Frémont d'Auneuil - Marquis de Charleval Reconstructed the castle around 1750-1760.
Étienne de Silhouette - Comptroller General of Finance Expands the castle with Franque.
François II Franque - Architect Design wings and rotundas.
Talleyrand - Diplomate Tenant between 1803 and 1808.
François Jules Devinck - Industrial and Member of Parliament Lot the park in 1858.

Origin and history

The castle of Bry came into being in 1622, when François Ours Miron, king's adviser, built a residence on the fief of La Varenne. In 1696, the estate moved to the Frémont d'Auneuil family, which probably rebuilt it between 1750 and 1760. Adrien Robert de Frémont d'Auneuil, Marquis de Charleval, undertook landscaping work there in 1756-1757, leaving an axial perspective.

In 1760, Étienne de Silhouette, former financial controller of Louis XV, acquired the castle and entrusted its transformation to architect François II Franque. In 1764 he proposed an expansion project with symmetrical wings and rotundas, typical of his style. Silhouette installed its 7,000-volume library. At his death in 1767, his cousin Clement de Laage inherited the estate, but he was confiscated as a national property in 1794 during the Revolution.

The castle was bought in 1799 by Philippe de Laage, son of Clement, and rented to Talleyrand between 1803 and 1808. In 1816 he moved to Baron Louis, Minister of Finance, before being handed over by inheritance to the Gaulthier family in Rigny. In 1858, François Jules Devinck, a chocolate industry, acquired it and distributed part of the park. During the 1870 war, the castle was set on fire by French artillery on 20 November because it was occupied by Prussian officers.

Reconstructed after the war, the castle lost part of its 18th-century interior decoration, with the exception of four doortops and stucco bas-reliefs. In 1903 it became an institution for young people and was bought in 1925 by the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint-Thomas of Villeneuve, which established a Catholic school there and added a chapel.

His notable owners include political and economic figures such as Joseph-Dominique Louis, several times Minister of Finance, or Étienne de Silhouette, whose name remains associated with the art of Chinese shadow profiles. The castle thus illustrates the architectural and social transformations of Île-de-France from the 18th to the 20th century.

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