Château Charolais

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Charolais Castle or Charolais Castle is a former castle located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Origin: In 1739 the Count of Charolais acquired a plot of land of 13 arpents north of rue Jollivet (present-day rue de Bellefond) in the district of New France and then 3 other lands forming a set of 21 arpents (7 hectares) which extended to the vicinity of rue Pétrelle between rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière and rue de Rochechouart. Before its urbanization, the site was very beautiful: a hillside on a moderate slope at the foot of Montmartre hill overlooking the maraicer gardens and orchards that extended to the boulevard with a view beyond the city's bell towers. This estate included a house next to a large pavilion decorated with 4 columns on the porch built in 1713 for Laurent Danet lieutenant de falconerie, stepfather of the seller Thomas Durand. The Count of Charolais, who lived there as a tenant before his acquisition, had these buildings enlarged by an architect who was not known, perhaps Jean Aubert. This isolated castle, far from the city, allowed the count to remain hidden, perhaps with the intention of...