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This manor house, set in walled grounds, was home to 4 lords of the Escoubleau family.
In the 15th century, a manor house with a moated drawbridge stood in the heart of a walled park. Four Seigneurs de Jouy of the Escoubleau family lived here from 1540 to 1673. The residence was then demolished in 1684 by Louis Berthelot, secretary to Louis XIV, who had a grand château built in the Italian classical style, with a triangular pediment and antique-inspired pilasters. He also added formal gardens, water features and an orangery. The barrel-vaulted cellar and the nymphaeum (a dining room decorated with shells and minerals in the style of the period) under the right wing are original features. In the mid-18thcentury , the château was owned by Antoine-Louis Rouillé, Louis XV's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. It was here, on May1, 1756, that the Treaty of Reversal of the Alliances was signed - known as the Treaty of Jouy, and later the Treaty of Versailles - uniting France and Austria. In the early 19th century, the château was demolished by Armand Seguin, a tanner and army skin supplier, who replaced it with the neoclassical château we know today, transforming the park into an English garden. In 1834, the building passed into the hands of banker James Mallet, husband of Laure Oberkampf, and remained in the family for 112 years.
Today, the premises are owned by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and are home to two business schools, HEC and LEA-CFI.
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