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Ilha de França · France
In the destination Versailles and surroundings of Paris.
In the photo: Château de Maisons seen from the garden, in Maisons-Laffitte.
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The city
Town on the banks of the Seine, northwest of Paris, known for the Château de Maisons, the work of François Mansart in the 17th century, and for the park parceled out in the 19th century by banker Jacques Laffitte, with wide tree-lined avenues and a tradition linked to racehorses. It is the town associated with the creation of the Paris-Brest, the ring of choux pastry filled with praline cream.
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The local experience
Château built by François Mansart for René de Longueil and inaugurated in 1651, with the presence of the young Louis XIV. Considered one of the models of French classical architecture, preceding Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles.
Former large park of the château, parceled out by Jacques Laffitte in the 19th century and transformed into a garden suburb of wide avenues, tree-lined squares and houses from several periods, with a tradition linked to racehorse training.
