Magny-en-Vexin, Île-de-France 95420

- One Of The Most Beautiful Gardens In Ile De France - 60Km From Paris - Chateau With Sumptuous Renaissance And 18Th Century Architecture - Superb Decorations - Gallery - 26 Hectares Free, Mh Class, Vexin, Val D'oise, Ile-De-France. Exclusive 60km from Paris in a beautiful preserved valley of the verdant Vexin, this Renaissance castle built around 1540 and enlarged around 1710 and 1780 is nestled in a magical setting of Italian gardens, among the most beautiful around Paris. On the main courtyard, the 1540 Renaissance facade is adorned with a rich decor of pilasters, capitals, friezes of foliage scrolls which make it one of the most beautiful examples of Renaissance architecture in private hands. A large staircase gives access to the great hall of the castle. On the right, the medieval keep with two watchtowers has been preserved and also adorned with Renaissance decor. To the west, the extraordinary gardens inspired by the Villa Gambraia in Tuscany, among the most beautiful in France, are discovered on three Renaissance terraces by a play of perspectives of boxwood, yews trimmed in topiary, linden alleys, running water games. The secret garden with its statue of Neptune, its four squares of white and black tulips. The greenhouse garden and its 24 squares of tree peonies, hellebores, Black Parrot tulips. The Moon Garden, wonderfully composed after that of the Gambraia, is inspired by the painting of the beginning of the 16th century by Mantegna Vices and Virtues preserved in the Louvre. The architecture is made by nature, the portico is made of yew, the half-moon is made of water. A waterfall crosses the garden from north to south. The sun garden on the upper terrace is composed of a chessboard, blooming in spring with 40, 000 daffodils and pawns in clipped yew. To the south, a superb classical faade built around 1710, of great architectural quality, has five arcades on the ground floor framing the steps of the Renaissance gallery opening onto the park. The large pediment is decorated with a Rocaille cartouche. The interior is divided between sumptuous Renaissance volumes and high-quality 18th century decorations. This residence bears witness inside to the splendor of the Renaissance with two lounges with vast fireplaces, one of which has a remarkable sculpted ceiling, a large Renaissance gallery, a Renaissance staircase ramp on ramp, vaulted in a semicircular arch, decorated with moldings and pilasters. The refinement of the 18th century is displayed in the particularly open, bright and theatrical staircase hall, with a cabochon floor and a very elegant wrought iron banister. A small living room, a dining room decorated with woodwork, a spectacular library office open on two floors with a balustraded skylight. A library. A small dining room. On the second floor, 7 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 toilets, a large 100m2 living room decorated with a marble fireplace. In the bedrooms, several very beautiful decorative elements, woodwork, alcove, 18th century marble and limestone fireplaces. On the third floor, a beautiful south-west bedroom, toilet, bathroom, large attics. Two spiral staircases. A caretaker's accommodation on the ground floor restored in, 100m2, 2 bedrooms, living room, entrance hall, bathroom. Large outbuildings, barns, monumental press, footbath. 5 accesses. Septic tanks. Developed surface area approximately 2300m2 Central oil heating Town water. Source by gravity. 26 hectares of a block and free in total, including 4 hectares of gardens enclosed by walls. Ebts label 2015 grand prize for gardens. Historic monument protection: The castle, excluding the listed parts: registration by decree of June 4, 1926 - The facades and roofs: classification by decree of June 20, 1945 - The castle park, including the built parts and the surrounding walls and with the exception of the statuary, as well as the facades and roofs of the outbuildings and the two original elements removed from the castle turret (see plan annexed to the dec