Château de Montois

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Le château en bref

The Château de Montois is a château located in Ressons-le-Long, in the Aisne department, at the meeting point of the valleys of the Aisne and of Retz. The central building was erected in 1736 as a pavilion, on the initiative of Antoine de Perticoz, whose family owned the estate from 1735 to 1837. Between 1875 and 1890, under the Le Cornier de Cideville family, two side pavilions with crow-stepped gables characteristic of the architecture of the Soissonnais were added, together with two octagonal turrets inspired by 16th-century manor houses. The estate then belonged to the Rigaut family from 1921 to 2013. The pleasure garden was redesigned in the 1920s by the landscape architect Édouard Redont and is included in the preliminary inventory of remarkable gardens. The château, with its vestibule, grand staircase, cellars, balustraded terrace, entrance gate, the remains of the outbuildings surrounding the courtyard, the park and the chapel, was listed as a historic monument by decree of 9 April 2024. The estate is privately owned and opens to the public on occasional days during the summer season.