Château de Vigny

This large Gothic-style castle, flanked by five round towers and surrounded by moats, was acquired on 8 November 1867 by the family of the Counts Vitali, princes of Sant'Eusebio. Although in a state of neglect and verging on ruin, the building had belonged to the best society... An ancient lordship existing before the eleventh century, it was sold in 1504 by Françoise de Rouvray de Saint-Simon to Georges I, Cardinal d'Amboise, almoner of Louis XI and first minister of Louis XII. He had the castle rebuilt, and it remained in his family until 1555. It then passed to the Constable de Montmorency and his descendants. Finally, to the Rohan family, princes of Soubise. Philippe, Count Vitali, had the architect Charles Cazot carry out very serious restoration work, both outside and inside the castle, going as far as rebuilding the ruined parts in the original style, creating outbuildings and water-filled moats that give it the appearance it still has today. He then refurbished the castle: period furniture, Gobelins tapestries, fifteenth- and seventeenth-century paintings, had the enclosed park reforested and enlarged the estate by acquiring land, woods, forests and buildings mainly in the communes of Vigny, Frémainville, Jambville, Longuesse, Avernes, Théméricourt and Seraincourt, which brought the property to 3,800 hectares.

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