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The Château Louis XIV is a château constructed between 2008 and 2011〔()〕〔(''Château Louis XIV, un mini Versailles à côté de Paris'', ''Capital'', juin 2015 )〕 in the commune of Louveciennes in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region.〔(Connaissance des arts )〕 Although it is a new construction, the Château Louis XIV meets the exact standards and rules of proportions and ornamentation established from Antiquity as they were regularly applied during the 17th century. The Château Louis XIV is a historic construction project initiated by the real-estate development company Cogemad in 2008, with the same techniques and materials that were used in the 17th century. The construction method followed that of the châteaux built in the 17Ith century, on a virgin landscape using mainly the techniques from that period as they were practiced in Yvelines. Located between Versailles and Marly-le-Roi on a 23-hectare (57-acre) walled property, the Château Louis XIV is surrounded by moats and has a constructed surface area of 7,000 m2 (75,350 ft2), 5,000 m2 (53,800 ft2) of which are living space. Inspired by Emad Khashoggi,〔()〕 founder of Cogemad and restorer of the Palais Rose in Vésinet, a classified National Heritage Site, and the Château du Verduron located in Marly-le-Roi, the Château Louis XIV project, carried out on the property of the former Château du Camp〔''Louveciennes mon village'', ''Jacques et Monique Laÿ'', 1997, (ISBN 2-9503913-0-3).〕〔(Le château du Camp ), sur le blog de la Tribune de Louveciennes〕 in Louveciennes, aimed at the construction of a new monument; one that would boast all the comforts of the 21st century while preserving the aspect, the layout and the materials used in the 17th century.〔(''Il construit de nouveaux châteaux de Versailles'', ''Entreprendre'', numéro 288 - mars 2015, pp. 90 et 91 )〕 == History of the property == In the late 17th century, the property where the current Château Louis XIV was built consisted of several plots of land, chestnut groves and woodland.〔''Ancien château Le Camp à Louveciennes (Yvelines)'', octobre 2009, Étude historique et documentaire commandée au Groupe de Recherche Art Histoire Architecture et Littérature par l’agence Bortolussi, architecte en chef des Monuments historiques.〕 In the early 18th century, the royal regiment was in charge of participating in a major excavation project in Marly-le-Roi. They thus decided to set up camp in an existing clearing on these very plots of land. During this period, Louis XIV decided to build a palace in Marly-le-Roi nestled in a lush green setting; a place where he would regularly go to retreat and reside with a rare and privileged few to find the peace and quiet that he so lacked in Versailles. Later, the highly prestigious Swiss Guards, assigned to ensure the security of the Château de Marly, also set up their camp on the property. Also known as the “Royal Regiment Camp” or the “Marly Camp,” the camp disappeared in the mid 18th century, and the Château de Marly suffered the tribulations of the French Revolution. Rich with symbols and the functions for which they served under the reign of Louis XIV, this land has forever left its mark on the history of France. In 1797, during a settlement, the camp and land that were part of the property were sold to Françoise-Suzanne Guyhon Monthaut who, in turn, sold them to the Vicomte Charles-Gilbert de Morel-Vindé and his wife in 1805. The Vicomte Charles-Louis Terray de Morel-Vindé, counselor at the royal court in Paris, inherited the property following the death of his grandfather in 1842, and eventually sold it in 1848 to Jean-Pierre Blondi and Adélaïde Halguin, who had the first house and outbuildings built on the property. The camp property became a large farm. Here, a cavalry regiment and several military companies would sometimes set up camp in what was then called “The camp farm” until 1863, when Doctor Duborgia, Mayor of Bougival, purchased and expanded the property. In 1888, Charles-Emile Clerc, the new property owner following the death of Doctor Duborgia, undertook the demolition of the initial buildings which, over the years, had only undergone a few scarcely noticeable changes. Having acquired several plots of land, Charles-Emile Clerc was able to expand the property, which he transformed into a residential domain that boasted a lovely and grand bourgeois residence surrounded by extensive wooded grounds. The property remained in the family for over a century. During this time, it underwent a few modifications such as the addition of a stable, a caretaker’s house and a number of paths, before eventually being sold to a French couple in 1991. This would then give way to a succession owners. Finally, in 2008, Emad Khashoggi decided to undertake an unprecedented project; inspired by 17th-century architecture, it would restore the property’s noble heritage: The Château Louis XIV.〔(Un nouveau château Louis XIV édifié non loin de Versailles ), sur le site de l'Express〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Château Louis XIV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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