Château d'Ambleville
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The Château d'Ambleville is a French Renaissance
style château located within the regional park of Vexin, in the Val d'Oise Department of France. The chateau is classified as a monument historique of France.
The gardens are classifed among the Notable Gardens of France
by the Ministry of Culture of France.
in Florence. Today they offer one of the best examples of an Italian Renaissance garden in France.
French Renaissance
French Renaissance is a recent term used to describe a cultural and artistic movement in France from the late 15th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in northern Italy in the fourteenth century...
style château located within the regional park of Vexin, in the Val d'Oise Department of France. The chateau is classified as a monument historique of France.
Notable gardens of France
The Remarkable Gardens of France is intended to be a list and description, by region, of the over two hundred gardens classified as "Jardins remarquables" by the French Ministry of Culture and the Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France...
by the Ministry of Culture of France.
History
The château was built in the 16th century for the seigneurs of Ambleville and Villarceaux by architect Jean Grappin, on the foundations of a medieval castle on the banks of the Aubette. In the 17th century, the house was acquired by the Duke of Villeroy, Nicolas V, the Ambassador of France to Medicis. He created a garden in the Florentine style. The house was purchased in 1893 by Charles Sedelmeyer (1837-1925), who restored the chateau and added a theater and Venetian chimneys and balconies. In 1928 the new owner, the Marquise de Villefranche, remade the gardens after those of the recently-restored gardens of the Villa GamberaiaVilla Gamberaia
Villa Gamberaia is a 14th-century villa near Settignano, outside Florence, Tuscany, central Italy; is it characterized by 18th-century terraced garden. The beauty of the setting was praised by Edith Wharton, who saw it after years of tenant occupation with its parterre planted with roses and...
in Florence. Today they offer one of the best examples of an Italian Renaissance garden in France.