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Château de Saint-Ouen
In 1821 Louis XVIII (1755-1824) ordered the demolition of the old château of Saint-Ouen, in the Seine-Saint-Denis, and commissioned a new one from Huvé as a gift for his mistress of the time, Zoé Talon, Countess du Cayla. The architect designed a square Italian-style pavilion, a rare example of a Restoration-period pleasure house, with fine interior decoration. It was restored in 1963.
Housed in the château since 1958, the Saint-Ouen municipal museum has a remarkable collection of antique furniture displayed in the dining room, the small salon and the billiard room. The first floor shows modern paintings, postcards and mementoes of local history, from Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) to the industrial boom of the 19th century.
