Marly-le-Roi Estate in Louveciennes

The grounds of Marly le Roi were one of the favourite places of Louis XIV when he longed for more privacy and homeliness than he could find in Versailles. Entering via the Grille Royale the visitor is confronted by a highly original architectural ensemble created by Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Only the Musée-Promenade, Marly’s museum trail, shows visitors the full story. Of the magnificent royal estate, demolished in the early XIXth century, only the grounds survive. On the edge of the Marly forest, this remarkable attraction (a pleasant walk on a trip from Paris) still retains reminders of its past splendour: the great avenues and lines of trees and shrubs, reminders of its original layout, the pools, architectural fragments and the outline on the ground of the château and its four apartments. The fine water trough ensemble, still intact and restored in 2006, is at the lower limits of the grounds with its two basins towered over by Guillaume Coustou’s masterpiece of the famous Marly Horses, the originals of which are now in the Louvre.

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Conférence

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1 Table

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Banquet

Cocktail

Activities

On the premises :
Cultural events

Facilities

On the premises :
Left-luggage office/cloakroom

Equipment

On the premises :
Exhibition hall, Viewing theatre, Shops