Château de Chantilly, Renaissance château in Chantilly, France.
The Château de Chantilly includes two connected buildings: the Grand Château, rebuilt in the 1870s, and the Petit Château, dating from the 16th century.
First constructed in 1386 as a fortress, the château underwent multiple transformations, with architects Jean Bullant and Honoré Daumet contributing to its current design.
The Musée Condé, housed within the château, contains the second largest collection of antique paintings in France after the Louvre Museum.
The château opens daily from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM except Tuesdays, with guided tours available in multiple languages through the state apartments.
The château houses a library of 19,000 volumes, including 1,500 manuscripts and 17,500 printed books, representing centuries of French literature.
Location: Chantilly
Inception: 1882
Architects: Jean Bullant, Honoré Daumet
Official opening: 1882
Architectural style: French Renaissance architecture, eclectic architecture
Part of: domain of Chantilly
Website: http://chateaudechantilly.com
GPS coordinates: 49.19389,2.48583
Latest update: September 4, 2025 07:02
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Condé Museum
35 m
Chantilly Racecourse
826 m
Hameau de Chantilly
579 m
Grandes écuries du château de Chantilly
497 m
The Living Museum of the Horse
417 m
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Chantilly
505 m
Potager des princes
772 m
Pavillon de Manse
1.4 km
Château d'Enghien
170 m
Golf de Chantilly
1.4 km
Église Saint-Firmin de Vineuil-Saint-Firmin
1.4 km
Hôtel Spoelberch de Lovenjoul
671 m
Chapelle Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul de Vineuil-Saint-Firmin
566 m
Equestrian statue of Anne de Montmorency
60 m
Statue of Pluton by Henri Chapu
126 m
Chapelle du Château de Chantilly
43 m
Saint Peter's Church in Chantilly
989 m
Bust of Louis II of Bourbon, prince of Condé
73 m
Equestrian statue of Duke of Aumale
623 m
Joan of Arc listening to her voices, on a socle (replica)
32 m
Saint-Jean Chapel
861 m
Ferme de la Ménagerie
875 m
Château Saint-Firmin
1.1 km
Chapelle Sainte-Croix-en-Jérusalem de Chantilly
476 m
Orgue de tribune de l'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Chantilly
505 m
Chapelle Saint-Paul du château de Chantilly
259 m
Partie instrumentale de l'orgue à Chantilly
505 m
Maison Saint-Pierre
543 mReviews
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