The Château de Breteuil (previously called the Château de Bevilliers) was built in the early 17th century and decorated principally in the 18th century. It is located in the Île-de-France

Île-de-France (région)

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 and the département of Yvelines

Yvelines

Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...

, France

France

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, 35 km (21.7 mi) to the south-west of Paris

Paris

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 in the heart of the renowned Valley of Chevreuse.
The château

Château

A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...

 is set in a listed park of some 90 hectares.

The family of the Marquis de Breteuil who still lives there gave three ministers to the Kings of France.

The building compares with the Château of Dampierre-en-Yvelines by Jules Hardouin-Mansart.

External links

• http://www.breteuil.fr/default.htm