Château de Bussy-Rabutin

Bussy was ordered by Louis XIV to retire to his estates, where he passed the time by composing his Histoire amoureuse des Gaules.

This account of various courtly love affairs caused further scandal, and he was eventually sent to the Bastille on 17 April 1665, where he remained for more than a year.

Bussy only obtained his release on condition that he retired once more to Bussy-Rabutin, where he lived in exile from court for seventeen years.

Restoration works were begun in the 19th century by the comte de Sarcus, and the property was listed as a monument historique in 1862.

[2] It was purchased by the French state in 1929, and is currently managed by the Centre des monuments nationaux.