It is also located between the Pavillon Dufour (on the left as you enter), built under Louis XVIII and currently used to welcome visitors to the château, and the Gabriel wing (on the right), whose construction began in 1772, but which was not completed until 1985.

This gate was the work of several ironworkers associated with its elaboration and installation: Luchet, Marie, Godignon, and Belin, considered the best professionals in their field at the time.

[citation needed] The maintenance of this simple barrier (due to the non-completion of the Gabriel wing) facilitated access to the rioters of October 5 and 6, 1789, who were thus able to penetrate more quickly into the castle enclosure, than into the building itself.

[6] Most of the financing (3.5 million euros)[7] was provided as part of the sponsorship of the public works group Monnoyeur[6] which was celebrating its 100th anniversary that year.

[9] On the contrary, according to Béatrix Saule, director of the castle museum, this new project is in line with the interventions carried out since the beginning of the 20th century, which aim to present the royal estate in a state that best reflects that of the end of the Ancien Régime.

In that case, the two sculpted groups on top of the gatehouses (Peace, by Tuby, and Abundance, by Coysevox) are perfectly authentic: they had been replaced in the forecourt and have found, after restoration, their original location.

The lower parts of the former layout of the castle's courtyard fence were discovered during this work site, particularly one of the ditches framing the central gate.