Château du Saussay

It is built on the ruins of a 15th-century feudal castle, and is a rare collection of two 18th-century châteaux facing each other at the entrance to a Romantic park surrounded by water.

The property of Me de Gaumont, a member of parliament, it was handed down by the women of the Bragelongne family, by Canclaux and finally Colbert at the start of the 19th century.

Just before the French Revolution, the entry building and raised bridge were demolished and replaced with two elegant pavilions in the style of the architect Nicolas Ledoux (end of the 18th century).

His redesigned park was made up of three perspectives, several water features, and lawns framed with topiary or planted with rare trees.

The real Château du Saussay provided locations for Fred Zinnemann's The Day of the Jackal (1973) and interior shots for Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons (1988).