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Le château en bref
The Château d'Asnières, at 89 rue du Château in Asnières-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine), was rebuilt in 1750 for Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, marquis and royal courtier, on the site of a building dating from 1697. The works, carried out by the architect Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne with terraced roofs ‘à l’italienne’, employed some 200 workers to be completed before winter. The interior, decorated by Nicolas and Dominique Pineau, Guillaume II Coustou, Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, Charles de Wailly and the Brunetti brothers, includes a salon with panelling depicting hunting scenes and a neoclassical dining room. Sold by the marquis in 1769, the château had around a dozen successive owners, including a school at the end of the 19th century, before being acquired by the municipality in 1992, which began its gradual restoration. Listed as a monument historique, it is now open to visitors.