The castle is located in Sceaux in the department of Hauts-de-Seine.
From Paris Chatelet les Halles mine B to Bourg La Reine
Bus 192 to Parc de Sceaux
It is built between 1856 and 1862 for the Duke and Duchess of Treviso.
Nowadays it houses the permanent collections of the Domaine départemental de Sceaux museum.
The Domaine de Sceaux was created at the end of the 17th century, commissioned by Colbert(Comptroller General of Finances under Louis XIV) and then his son, the Marquis de Seignelay. André Le Nôtre, the great architect of the gardens at Versailles, was the master builder.
Main staircase
Grand Salon.
Salon des princes.
Library.
Salon Neuilly
Bed from the Château de Neuilly 1807.
Pair of chairs from the Château de Fontainebleau. Early 19th century
Painting of Château de Neuilly.
Clock from the Château de Neuilly.
Salon Trévise.
Flemish cabinet, 19th century
Wood decorated with engraved ivory plaques, base with wood and mother-of-pearl marquetry top, late metal base.
Salon Maine.
Horloge:
Louis XV cartel and base, 18th century, bronze, wood
Portrait of Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duke of Maine.
Salon Maine.
Library.
18th century Regency chest of drawers, wood, bronze, marble top.
Salon Colbert.
Equestrian statue of Louis XIV, based on the monument erected in Paris, Place Louis-le-Grand, now Place Vendôme
Early 18th century, bronze.
Salon Ovale
Statue of Two Lovers carrying a basin.
19th century,
Statue of Mercury and Pegasus. 19th century.
Letter to Monsieur de Besmaux, countersigned by Colbert.
The park covers 181 hectares: 121 in the commune of Sceaux and 60 in Antony.
The cascade.
The Grand Canal.
Fountain of the Octagon.
The Pavillon de l’Aurore is a classical-style pleasure house built around 1671 by Claude Perrault for Jean-Baptiste Colbert.