The Architecture of Paris

An Architectural Guide

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23 Ecouen (p. 296) <br>23.1 Château d'Ecouen<br><br>Various architects, c. 1538–55 (SNCF: Ecouen-Ezanville, then either a 2 km walk or bus 269, direction Garges-Sarcelles, to Mairie d'Ecouen)<br><br>Situated a mere 19 km outside central Paris, this splendid French-Renaissance château is surprisingly little known and little visited, all the more surprisingly given that it is also home to the fine collections of the Musée National de la Renaissance. This is no doubt largely due to its current isolation with regard to the Ile-de- France's major population centres, but its situation did not always seem so parochial. The château occupies an elevated plateau dominating the Plaine de France around it, a strategic position that made it essential in the defence of the realm against invaders from the north and the east. Property of the Barons de Montmorency from at least 1000 AD, the promontory was the site of an older fortress that was demolished to make way for today's château by the illustrious Anne de Montmorency, favourite of François I, who become Constable of France (head of the armies) in 1538. The coincidence of the dates of this change in Anne's fortunes and his decision to reconstruct Ecouen is probably not accidental, and many historians agree that the new château was destined to reflect in built form the increased power and prestige of its seigneur.<br><br>Ecouen is a contemporary of the famous châteaux of the Loire valley – which at the time was where the court and aristocracy were mostly concentrated –, and it is thus to them that one should look to set Montmorency's building in its historical context. Like its Tourangeaux confrères, Ecouen marks the beginning of the transition from the medieval fortress in which the aristocracy had hitherto lived to the stately home they would occupy in later centuries. In plan Ecouen is still like a castle: square, its four wings enclosing a central courtyard, and its outer corners marked by solid square pavilions that took t

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9783930698967

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Englisch

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222 x 163 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

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Edition Axel Menges