CHÂTEAU DU HAUT-BUC
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Louis XIV used the Château à Buc, an integral part of the Versailles park, to establish his son, the Count of Toulouse, the fruit of his love affair with his favorite Madame de Montespan. The son found it an ideal home away from the Court, but not far from Versailles, until his legitimization in 1681. His sisters enjoyed the nearby châteaux of Le Désert and La Boulie. When King Louis XV came to power, he had these three châteaux destroyed in 1741, after the Count's death, wishing to erase with him the memory of his grandfather's illegitimate love affairs. All that remains of this period are a few statues and the janitor's house at the entrance to the park. It wasn't until 1864 and the interest of a wealthy Parisian, Mr. Thomas, that a new château was built in a refined 19th-century style. In 1954, under the auspices of the French Ministry of Education, the château became the boarding school for the Lycée de filles La Bruyère in Versailles. In 1987, the commune of Buc purchased the château for renovation. Since then, the estate has been home to the municipal music school, whose students and teachers give regular concerts, as well as a wedding hall and meeting and reception rooms. Today, it hosts most of the town's cultural and sporting events. The park is open to the public all year round, and still features a sculptural ensemble of five sculptures, copies of works by Etienne Le Hongre and Pierre Ier Legros; a canal, ponds and colonnades.
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