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Origin and history

The Château de Monthuchet is located in Saulx-les-Chartreux, in the former province of Hurepoix (now Île-de-France), on the right bank of the Yvette, 19 km southwest of Paris. Built below the forest of the Saulx Rock, its estate covers seven hectares, including a landscaped park, a basin fed by the Chauffour Creek, and a vegetable garden. The main body, of Renaissance style, is made of brick with a floor and attices covered with dardoise. It is completed by a master house and a farm in "L".

The construction was initiated by Bernard Pinon, the king's adviser, who cleared the land and built the park before his death in 1710. The estate then passed to the family of Pracomtal, owner of the nearby castle of Villebon-sur-Yvette. In 1784 the Chartreux gave their lands to Charles-Pierre Savalette de Magnanville, who bought the entire castle the following year. During the Revolution, the good was sold as a national good to Mr.Féron, then acquired by the Marquis Jean Joseph Dessolles, general and peer of France.

In the 19th century, the castle changed hands several times: inherited by the daughter of Dessolles (married at La Rochefoucault d'Estissac), it was sold to General Louis Jacques Ruelle de Santerre, then to the engraver Antoine Coupé, who partially dismantled the estate. In 1914, the castle was already partially demolished, retaining only its central body and outbuildings. Today, it bears witness to a Renaissance architecture reshaped by centuries of turbulent history, between nobility, Revolution and agricultural transformations.

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