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  3. Île de France
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  5. 91540 Mennecy

  6. Villeroy Park

Villeroy Park à Mennecy dans l'Essonne

Essonne

Villeroy Park

    7 Avenue de Villeroy
    91540 Mennecy
Photo de Villeroy Park
Crédit photo : Thor19 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1559
Construction of Renaissance Castle
Début XVIe siècle
Acquisition by the family of Neufville
1615
Érection du marquisat de Villeroy
1651
Creation of the Duchy
1775
Construction of dependencies
Début XIXe siècle
Destruction of the castle
1972
Acquisition by the municipality
1er mars 2022
Historical monument classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Villeroy Park, with all its wall and 7 entrances, as shown in red on the foreground annexed to the decree. It is bounded to the south by Charles-de-Gaulle Boulevard, to the east by Villeroy Avenue, to the north by Darblay Avenue and the railway, to the west by the communal boundary with Fontenay-le-Vicomte. It covers the following parcels in cadastre section A: No 64, 68, 69, 71, 3192, 3193, 3208 and 3324. The avenue de Villeroy and the entrance to the gaze near the gendarmerie belong to the public domain and are not cadastral. The protection area does not include the following: college, swimming pool and sports facilities, technical premises, entertainment hall. It includes the following constructions: the roofs and facades of the eastern and western communes, the reservoir and pantry, in whole, the ice-box, in whole, the fountain of the sirens, the drinking-place, the two pillars of the driveway of the Verville and the two pillars to the west of the main entrance, the underground hydraulic network of the park, including the parts under the carriageway and the sidewalks of Villeroy Avenue and the entrance to the gaze near the gendarmerie, which are located in green on the plans annexed to the decree: inscription by order of 1 March 2022

Key figures

Pierre Le Gendre - Lord of Alincourt and Treasurer of France Légue Villeroy aux Neufville in 1524.
Nicolas III de Neufville - Manufacturer of Renaissance Castle Founded the estate in the 16th century.
Madeleine de l’Aubespine - Poetess and wife of Nicolas IV 16th century cultural figure.
Charles de Neufville - First Marquis de Villeroy Appointed in 1615, ambassador to Rome.
Nicolas V de Neufville - 1st Duke of Villeroy and Marshal Titled by Louis XIV in 1651.
Gabriel Louis François de Neufville - 5th Duke of Villeroy Last owner before the Revolution.
Louis XIV - King of France Traveled to the castle.

Origin and history

Villeroy Park, located in Mennecy, Île-de-France, is the former garden of Villeroy Castle, built in the 16th century by Nicolas III de Neufville for the family of Neufville. This castle, the seat of a marquisat and then of a duchy-pairy erected in 1651 by Louis XIV, was a frequent place of passage for the King and Queen between Versailles and Fontainebleau. The park, designed in French, included parts, basins, statues and a labyrinth, structured around perpendicular axes visible on a plane of 1751.

In the 18th century, the 5th Duke of Villeroy, Gabriel Louis François de Neufville, accentuates the north-south axis of the park, densifies the aisles and builds outbuildings around 1775, including an orangery and a cooler treated as a factory. The castle, destroyed at the beginning of the 19th century, gives way to remains: cellars, hydraulic reservoir, waterworks, and two buildings of communes still standing. A 16th century fireplace, attributed to Matthieu Jacquet, is now preserved at the Louvre.

The park, acquired by the municipality of Mennecy in 1972, extends over 108 hectares and houses alignments of trees planted in the 19th century, including an alley of giant redwood trees classified as "Remarkable Trees of France". Ranked a historic monument in 2022, it also maintains an underground hydraulic network with aqueducts and looks dated 1770, testimonies of its original layout.

The family of Neufville, owner of the premises until the Revolution, marked local history, with figures such as Madeleine de l'Aubespine, poetess and wife of Nicolas IV, or Charles de Neufville, ambassador to Rome and first Marquis de Villeroy in 1615. The site, now open to the public, combines historical heritage and preserved natural space.

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