Chateaubriand's secluded writing retreat: a literary landscape

François-René de Chateaubriand lived and wrote at Vallée-aux-Loups, 87 Rue de Chateaubriand, Châtenay-Malabry, from 1807 to 1818. The Maison de Chateaubriand, now a cultural institution, is located in the house built here by the brewer André-Arnoult Acloque at the end of the 18th century. It houses period furnishings and documents about the writer.

François-René de Chateaubriand planted cedars, catalpas, tulip trees, cypresses, and other exotic trees in the 14-hectare Vallée-aux-Loups park that he created. He was assisted in this by Sophie de Fuligny-Damas, who worked with Alexander von Humboldt to ensure that Aimé Bonpland supplied shrubs from Malmaison.

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