Château du Verduron

En un regard

Le château en bref

The renown of the Château du Verduron, also known as the Château des Sphinx, is due to Louis Blouin, first valet to King Louis XIV from 1704 to 1715, and to Victorien Sardou, French playwright and former mayor of Marly-le-Roi. The Château du Verduron is situated on Place Victorien Sardou in Marly-le-Roi, a commune in the Yvelines. It was originally a simple single-storey building. Having passed from hand to hand since its construction, it was finally bought back in the early 2000s by the SCI Le Verduron, to be restored by the firm Cogemad under the direction of Emad Khashoggi (en), who was in charge of the Château Louis XIV project at Louveciennes and of the restoration of the Palais Rose in Le Vésinet. The château is said to have subsequently been sold in the 2010s to Monsieur Al-Thani, former Emir of Qatar and owner of Paris Saint-Germain.