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The Musée Delta Athis Paray Aviation is on the edge of Paris-Orly airport, in the commune of Athis-Mons, in the Essonne. Its main purpose is to present the aircraft that made the history of delta-wing aeronautical technology.
It is the southern counterpart of the Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget and is sometimes also called the air museum.
An airfield in the Essonne where three generations of the Salis family maintain nearly 70 vintage aircraft, shown in flight.
The château stands on the site of the 15th-century manor house, seat of the seigneury of Athis.
Pierre Durey d'Harnoncourt bought the property in 1739 and built the present château on the site of the 'maison plate' of the first lords of Morsang.
Built on the site of a fortified Gallo-Roman farm; in 1512 Augustin de Thou replaced the first castle with three Renaissance pavilions.
Marshal de Saxe, victor of Fontenoy in 1745, bought the Château de la Grange in 1748; it now bears his name.
The first château on the Vilgénis estate dates from 1216; it was occupied by the lord Hugues de Villa Genis.