NEW in v1.0:
-Added Château de Pinceloup
-Added Barrière de péage de Saint-Arnoult
The Château de Rambouillet is a château in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region in northern France, 50 km (31 mi) southwest of Paris. It was the summer residence of the Presidents of the French Republic from 1896 until 2009, and it is now managed by the Centre des monuments nationaux.
The château was originally a fortified manor dating back to 1368 and, although amputated of its eastern wing at the time of Napoleon, it still retains its pentagonal bastioned footprint. King Francis I died there, on 31 March 1547, probably in the imposing medieval tower that bears his name. Like the Hôtel de Rambouillet in Paris, the château was owned by Charles d'Angennes, the marquis de Rambouillet during the reign of Louis XIII. Avenues led directly from the park of the chateau into the adjacent game-rich forest. More than 200 square kilometres of forest remain, the remnant of the Forest of Rambouillet, also known as Forêt d'Yveline or Forêt de l'Yveline.
In 1783, the château became the private property of king Louis XVI, who bought it from his cousin, the duc de Penthièvre, as an extension of his hunting grounds.
During the French Revolution, the domain of Rambouillet became a bien national (national property), the chateau being emptied of its furnishings and the gardens and surrounding park falling into neglect.
During the reign of Napoleon I, Rambouillet was included in his liste civile (list of government-owned property at the disposal of the head of state). The emperor came several times to Rambouillet, the last being on the night of 29–30 June 1815, on his way to exile to Saint Helena. Among the reminders of Napoléon are the Pompeian style bathroom with its small bathtub and the exquisite balcony built to link the emperor's apartment to that of his second wife, the empress Marie-Louise. Another reminder of Napoléon was the splendid Allée de Cyprès chauves de Louisiane, a double-lined bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) avenue.
During the 1960s, “Foreign leaders were often put up in the magnificent surroundings of the Château de Rambouillet,” and foreign dignitaries would be invited to shoot birds there in autumn.
In November 1975, the first "G6" summit was organized in the château by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing for the heads of the world's leading industrialized countries. Attending were: Gerald Ford (United States), Harold Wilson (United Kingdom), Aldo Moro (Italy), Takeo Miki (Japan) and Helmut Schmidt (West Germany).
The château de Rambouillet continues to be used as a venue for bilateral summits and, in February 1999, was host to the negotiations on Kosovo.
On 26 December 1999, Hurricane Lothar hit the northern half of France, wreaking havoc on forests, parks and buildings. The Forest of Rambouillet lost hundreds of thousands of trees, and among the over five thousand downed trees in the park of Rambouillet, was the handsome, historical Allée de Cyprès chauves de Louisiane, the bald cypress avenue planted in 1810.
NEW in v1.0: The Château de Pinceloup is a castle of the beginning of the 17th century, reworked at the very beginning of the 20th century, located in Sonchamp, in the south of the Yvelines department, not far from Rambouillet.
It was in fact a 17thcentury building, enlarged in 18th century for François Prévost, notary to King Louis XVI. The combination of brick and stone is typical of the early 17th century.
The property was bought around 1897 by Eugène Thome, a wealthy public works contractor, collaborator of Adolphe Alphand and Baron Haussmann, under the reign of Emperor Napoleon III. The castle was renovated from 1901 to 1903. It is said that the building has 365 windows.
The horse arena and its interiors were registered as Historic Monuments in 20051.
It is now the property of the City of Paris and since 1958 has housed a Le Nôtre school for young people in difficulty, preparing them for jobs in the hotel and catering industry, horticulture and construction.
NEW in v1.0: The Barrière de péage de Saint-Arnoult is a toll plaza that was put into service in 1972 on the French A10 freeway, southwest of the municipality of Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, at the edge of the Dourdan forest. It was opened on October 30, 1972 at kilometer 24 of the A10 highway with 20 lanes . It was then replaced by new facilities designed by architect Michel Herbert and inaugurated in 1994.
On the busiest days of the year, more than 131,000 vehicles pass through the toll plaza each day and 80,000 in normal times.
The buildings has been recreated manually from various photos and videos from the interne. The Château de Rambouillet comes with its own lights and POI.
This mod is not intended for sale or resale.
Complementary mods:
-Lac de la Sourderie and other landmarks for Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines: https://flightsim.to/file/18243/lac-de-la-sourderie-and-other-landmarks-for-saint-quentin-en-yvelines
16 days ago
CaptainMoonlight
En plus avec mise à jour !!!
1 years ago
LePapeBorgia
Comme d'habitude une superbe réalisation !.
J'ai souvent emmené des amis travers du château de Rambouillet lors de vols découverte en TB9 . Pontoise LFPT, Château Rambouillet, Château de Maintenon, Chartres LFOR, Vernouillet LFON et retour Pontoise Cormeilles. Beaux souvenirs
3 years ago
YvesP6
Très beau travail. Merci
3 years ago
charlie34000
Magnifique !!!
3 years ago
LePapeBorgia
beautiful
3 years ago
Archer374