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Chantilly, where continuity channels change

A duke gave an immense gift to the Republic...

and how townspeople place respect for the past and the environment over commerce

Château entrance

         

        • Reconciling the past with change began when the Duke of Aumale (1822-1897) bequeathed his château and art collection to the Republic...

         


        Château

        ...an immense decision when his circle called the Republic "the whore".

         

         

        The Duke and a small part of his collection

         

        With its Poussins, Delacroix, Corots... this collection is the most important in France after that of the Louvre.

         

        We can probably obtain permission to view works that are not exhibited, when they are of special interest to visitors.

         

        •For the visit of château, private apartments and grounds, please CLICK

         

         

         
        • The celebrated races derive from a prince's stables, the most splendid in Europe

         

         

        Stables of the Prince of Condé, the Sun King's cousin
        Race-track

        The 19th-century hippodrome was recently restored in a way that scrupulously

        respects the past.

         

         

        • What is missing ?

         

         

         

        Main Street

        There are no almost no advertisements!


        •We can arrange a meeting with the official who heads the environmental protection  policy.

         

         

        • Our colleague in Chantilly is the hippodrome's director and...

         

         

         

         ...former organizer of the "Paris Parade"...

         

        through which thousands of American high-school bands and cheerleaders joined the residents of Chantilly and Montmartre for a genuine exchange of cultures every New Year from 1988 to 2002. 

             

             

            • Costs: please CLICK
            º Entry fee

            º Déjeuner

             

             

            Credits: Parade / Alain Sébille ; other photos Claude Abron

             

             

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