Château d’Asnières was built in France's Asnières-sur-Seine in 1750. Commissioned by the Marquis de Voyer, it replaced a late 17th-century house, which during the Regency had belonged to the famous comtesse de Parabère. The chateau was designed to outshine the residences built by his rivals, including Madame de Pompadour. The marquis' house was built on the site of the house originally built by Antoine Lemoyne, priest-doctor at the Sorbonne.
The Marquis d'Argenson commissioned Charles de Wailly to update the rococo dining room designed by Pineau. De Wailly added marble pilasters and a classical cornice, decorated with a mosaic frieze of putti. The château was influenced by the work of Marquis de Voyer’s great-great-great-uncle François Mansart, including the motif employed at Maisons-Laffitte. During works, late antique burials were discovered behind a wing of the château that was destroyed in the 19th century.
The château was made a historic monument on 18 July 1996. Its garden was made a historic monument on 9 June 1971. Restoration was commenced in 1996 and was completed with the reopening of the first floor on 12 September 2014. The estate also featured a large stone-vaulted building for horses, linked to the château by a vast avenue flanked by triple rows of trees.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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