• The largest princely estate in France with 7800 hectares of forest
• The Domaine de Chantilly is 40 km from Paris, less than 20 min from Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, and exhibitions centers (Paris-Nord Villepinte and Bourget)
• The Château and the Condé museum with its prestigious collections
• The largest collection of classical paintings after the Louvre, with masterpieces of Raphaël, Poussin, Ingres, Watteau, Delacroix…
• One of the most beautiful collections of valuable manuscripts
• The diversity of gardens: French-style, Anglo-Chinese, English, the Hamlet…
• French-style gardens designed by André Le Nôtre, and the Hamlet which inspired Queen Marie-Antoinette to build her own at Versailles
• The Grand Stables, considered among the most beautiful in the world, with its equestrian shows
• The nearby Chantilly racecourse with its legendary races as the famous Prix de Diane
• A gastronomic tradition: the birthplace of the famous Chantilly cream and Vatel, the chef of the prince de Condé
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What’s new in 2010
Le Nôtre’s parterres restored to their former splendour
For the first time since the 18th century, visitors can marvel at the superb ornamental ponds in André
Le Nôtre’s French-style gardens. You can admire the majestic perspectives and fountains of the eleven ornamental ponds and the Grand Canal and its waterfall. The fountains are now permanently working again due to the restoration of the park’s ingenious hydraulic system, built in the 17th century.
Equestrian show, “A Russian Prince visiting Chantilly”
During his visit of Chantilly, the son of Catherine the Great, the future Tsar Paul I, reminisces about his native Russia. To the sound of balalaikas, the spectator is whisked away to the land of Cossacks and troikas.
Exhibitions, “Henri IV” and “Porcelain”
Henri IV, paintings, sculptures, drawings, tapestries and miniatures exhibition, from May to July 2010.
The duc de Bourbon, Fraisse and exotism in Chantilly at the early 18th century, porcelain exhibition,
from September to December 2010.
Musical season
Numerous classical music concerts will be held under the dome of the Grand Stables in a sumptuous, newly renovated theatre.
For more information on Château, park, gardens, Grand Stables and services, please visit www.domainedechantilly.com
“Why have I been taken to Versailles seven times and never here?”
Richard Nixon
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