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Origin and history

The castle of Acosta, now extinct, was located on the plateau of Montgardé in Aubergenville (Yvelines), between Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Mantes-la-Jolie. Built in the 17th century, it was originally acquired in 1661 by Mister de Mannevillette, who built the structure and wooded the park in 1671. This domain became an aristocratic place of residence, marked by successive transformations and influential owners.

In 1758 the castle passed into the hands of Dominique-Antoine Tellès d'Acosta, Grand Master of Waters and Forests, who gave him his current name. Later, in the second half of the 18th century, it was ceded to Esprit-François de Castellane (1730-1799). The site became an intellectual meeting place, welcoming the writer Benjamin Constant during the winter of 1806-1807, accompanied by Germaine de Staël, Friedrich Schlegel and Dorothea Veit.

The castle was finally destroyed in 1965 to give way to a city of social housing, the "city of Acosta". Today, only one parcel of the estate remains, where is the cemetery of the Castellane family. This place bears witness to the aristocratic and cultural history of the region, before its urban transformation in the 20th century.

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