A historic monument since 1988, it is open to the public. The château's art gallery, the Musée Condé, houses one of France's finest collections of paintings. It specialises in French paintings and book illuminations of the 15th and 16th centuries.
The chapel of the Hearts of the Princes of CondéThe Château's library
The original mansion was destroyed during the French Revolution. It was repaired modestly by Louis Henri II, Prince of Condé, but the entire property was confiscated from the Orléans family between 1853 and 1872, during which interval it was owned by Coutts, an English bank. Chantilly was entirely rebuilt, between 1875 and 1882, by Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale (1822–1897).[1] The new château met with mixed reviews. Boni de Castellane summed up one line of thought: "What is today styled a marvel is one of the saddest specimens of the architecture of our era — one enters on the second floor and descends to the salons". In 1889, the Chateau was bequeathed to the Institut de France as a price for the Duc d'Aumale's return from political exile.[1]
Subsequently, in response to an appeal for the restoration of the château, The Aga Khan donated €40 million, accounting for more than half of the €70 million needed by the Institut de France to complete the project.[4] In 2008, the World Monuments Fund completed the restoration of the Grande Singerie, a salon with paintings on the walls of monkeys engaged in human activities, once a fashionable salon motif, but with few examples surviving today.[5]
The Molteni Campagnolo cycling team, including star rider Eddy Merckx, are seen riding past the chateau towards the beginning of Jorgen Leth's seminal documentary, A Sunday In Hell, on the way to the start line of the 1976 Paris-Roubaix race.[8]
The château and the Great Stables were featured in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill, as the home of villainous Max Zorin (played by Christopher Walken) which was being infiltrated by Bond (played for the last time by Roger Moore) in his quest to find out more about Zorin, who had already aroused suspicions of MI6 with various business activities, and ultimately eliminate him.[9]
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The Chateau de Chantilly pronounced ʃɑto d e ʃɑ tiji is a historic French chateau located in the town of Chantilly Oise about 50 kilometres 30 miles north of Paris The site comprises two attached buildings the Petit Chateau built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency and the Grand Chateau which was destroyed during the French Revolution and rebuilt in the 1870s The chateau is owned by the Institut de France which received it from Henri d Orleans Duke of Aumale Chateau de ChantillyInteractive fullscreen mapGeneral informationTypeChateauArchitectural styleFrench RenaissanceTown or cityChantillyCountryFranceCoordinates49 11 38 N 2 29 9 E 49 19389 N 2 48583 E 49 19389 2 48583Construction started1358Completed1882OwnerInstitut de FranceDesign and constructionArchitect s Jean Bullant Honore DaumetA historic monument since 1988 it is open to the public The chateau s art gallery the Musee Conde houses one of France s finest collections of paintings It specialises in French paintings and book illuminations of the 15th and 16th centuries Contents 1 History 1 1 Original construction 1 2 Revolution and aftermath 1 3 21st century restoration 2 Musee Conde 3 Selected collection highlights 4 Park and Chantilly racecourse 5 Modern uses 6 See also 7 References 8 Sources 9 External linksHistory EditOriginal construction Edit The Chateau de Chantilly at the time of the Grand CondeThe estate s connection with the Montmorency family began in 1484 The first mansion no longer in existence now replaced by the Grand Chateau was built between 1528 and 1531 for Anne de Montmorency by Pierre Chambiges The Petit Chateau was also built for him around 1560 probably by Jean Bullant In 1632 after the death of Henri II de Montmorency it passed to his nephew the Grand Conde who inherited it through his mother Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency Moliere s play Les Precieuses ridicules received its first performance here in 1659 Madame de Sevigne relates in her memoirs that when King Louis XIV of France visited there in 1671 Francois Vatel the maitre d hotel to the Grand Conde committed suicide when he feared the fish would be served late The collection includes important works of the cabinetmaker Andre Charles Boulle Revolution and aftermath Edit The chapel of the Hearts of the Princes of Conde The Chateau s libraryThe original mansion was destroyed during the French Revolution It was repaired modestly by Louis Henri II Prince of Conde but the entire property was confiscated from the Orleans family between 1853 and 1872 during which interval it was owned by Coutts an English bank Chantilly was entirely rebuilt between 1875 and 1882 by Henri d Orleans duc d Aumale 1822 1897 1 The new chateau met with mixed reviews Boni de Castellane summed up one line of thought What is today styled a marvel is one of the saddest specimens of the architecture of our era one enters on the second floor and descends to the salons In 1889 the Chateau was bequeathed to the Institut de France as a price for the Duc d Aumale s return from political exile 1 21st century restoration Edit The World Monuments Fund included the site in the 1998 World Monuments Watch to call attention to water infiltration and high humidity in the Galerie des Actions de Monsieur le Prince and again in the 2002 World Monuments Watch due to the precarious condition of the entire estate 2 Funding for restoration work was provided from various sources including American Express and the Generali Group 3 Subsequently in response to an appeal for the restoration of the chateau The Aga Khan donated 40 million accounting for more than half of the 70 million needed by the Institut de France to complete the project 4 In 2008 the World Monuments Fund completed the restoration of the Grande Singerie a salon with paintings on the walls of monkeys engaged in human activities once a fashionable salon motif but with few examples surviving today 5 Musee Conde EditSee also Musee Conde The art gallery of Chantilly is one of the largest in France The hall of honourWorks in the art gallery many of them are in the Tribune Room include Sassetta s Mystic Marriage of St Francis Botticelli s Autumn Piero di Cosimo s Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci Raphael s Three Graces and Madonna of Loreto Guercino s Pieta Pierre Mignard s Portrait of Moliere as well as four of Antoine Watteau s paintings and Jean Baptiste Camille Corot s Le concert champetre Other paintings in the collection include works by Fra Angelico Filippino Lippi Hans Memling 260 paintings and drawings by Francois and Jean Clouet Veronese Barocci Annibale Carracci Domenichino Salvator Rosa Nicolas Poussin Philippe de Champaigne Van Dyck Guido Reni Jean Baptiste Greuze Joshua Reynolds Eugene Delacroix Ingres Gericault The library of the Petit Chateau contains over 1 500 manuscripts and 17 500 printed volumes that is part of the collection of over 700 incunabula and some 300 medieval manuscripts including one page of the Registrum Gregorii c 983 the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry the Ingeborg Psalter and 40 miniatures from Jean Fouquet s Book of Hours of Etienne Chevalier Also in the museum s collection is the Chantilly codex MS 564 the primary manuscript of ars subtilior music 6 and the treasured library of the Emirate of Abdelkader a 19th century Sufi emirate in Algeria 7 Selected collection highlights Edit Raphael Raphael RaphaelPark and Chantilly racecourse Edit The Chateau seen from the sky The Grandes Ecuries Great Stables and the ChateauThe main French formal garden featuring extensive parterres and water features was laid out principally by Andre Le Notre for the Grand Conde The park also contains a French landscape garden with a cascade pavilions and a rustic ersatz village the Hameau de Chantilly The last of these inspired the Hameau de la reine of Marie Antoinette in the Gardens of Versailles The estate overlooks the Chantilly Racecourse and the Grandes Ecuries Great Stables which contains the Living Museum of the Horse According to legend Louis Henri Duc de Bourbon Prince of Conde believed that he would be reincarnated as a horse after his death In 1719 he asked the architect Jean Aubert to build stables suitable to his rank Modern uses EditThe Chateau has various modern uses The Molteni Campagnolo cycling team including star rider Eddy Merckx are seen riding past the chateau towards the beginning of Jorgen Leth s seminal documentary A Sunday In Hell on the way to the start line of the 1976 Paris Roubaix race 8 The chateau and the Great Stables were featured in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill as the home of villainous Max Zorin played by Christopher Walken which was being infiltrated by Bond played for the last time by Roger Moore in his quest to find out more about Zorin who had already aroused suspicions of MI6 with various business activities and ultimately eliminate him 9 Pink Floyd performed on two consecutive nights at the chateau during their The Division Bell tour on 30 31 July 1994 Every two years in June the Nuits de Feu international fireworks competition is held in the chateau s garden Ronaldo married model and former television host Daniela Cicarelli in the chateau in 2005 The ceremony reportedly cost 700 000 Every May a rowing regatta the Trophee des Rois is held on the grounds French university crews compete in the 750m race for a trophy The chateau appeared in the finale of the French reality competition Amazing Race in 2012 10 David Gilmour guitarist and singer of Pink Floyd performed at the venue on 16 July 2016 as part of his Rattle That Lock world tour The video game Battlefield 1 features a level that is based around the Chateau called Ballroom Blitz The trailer for the finals of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship was filmed inside and around the chateau The fifth leg of The Amazing Race 32 had a Roadblock and a Speed Bump take place on the grounds of the chateau 11 The castle is a location in the 2022 movie The Gray Man 12 See also EditList of works by Henri Chapu Chateau d Enghien Chantilly References Edit a b Silverman 1992 p 146 World Monuments Fund Chateau de Chantilly Le Figaro Les Batailles du Grand Conde 15 October 2007 in French Jon Henley The Guardian Aga Khan gives 27m to Chantilly restoration 3 May 2005 Wendy Moonan New York Times Chateau s Monkey Room Is Lovingly Restored 30 May 2008 Uncle Dave Lewis Anonymous Codex Chantilly All Music Retrieved 6 November 2020 Chaabane Zouhour 2022 Les manuscrits de Tagdemt tresors du Cabinet des livres Lille Musee Conde ISBN 9782376800804 Chateau in the background of the Jorgen Leth documentary A Sunday In Hell 007 info Resume PRIME de Amazing Race L INFOnet de la Real Tv in French December 24 2012 Retrieved November 12 2020 Caruso Nick November 11 2020 Amazing Race Recap Horsin Around TVLine Retrieved November 12 2020 France Lures Back Big American Shoots as Pandemic Slows Down Locally EXCLUSIVE 2 June 2021 Sources EditSilverman Debora 1992 Art Nouveau in Fin de siecle France Politics Psychology and Style University of California Press External links EditChateau de Chantilly official website English language Chateau de Chantilly within Google Arts amp Culture Media related to Chateau de Chantilly at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chateau de Chantilly amp oldid 1169468845, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
