Pavillon Royal de la Muette: Renaissance of a place steeped in history

Pavillon Royal de la MuetteThe rebirth of a place steeped in history in the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Since 2019, two entrepreneurs passionate about history and architecture, Benoit d’Halluin and Emmanuel Basse, have decided to save Le Pavillon Royal de la Muette, classified as a Historic Monument, which had been abandoned since the 1970s.

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type="image/webp">> This ambitious renovation validated by Florent Richard, architect of Historic Monuments and the Ministry of Culture, is carried out thanks to the intervention of numerous craftsmen specialized in the preservation of historic monuments, in particular Les Compagnons du Devoir.

After a complete renovation of the buildings and gardens, these patrons enabled the rebirth of this charming place, witness to the great history of France.

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type="image/webp">> A historic hunting lodge!

The story begins in 1767, when Louis XV commissioned his first architect, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, to build him a new hunting lodge in the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines).

To carry out this work, Gabriel took up the architectural codes of the Petit Trianon, the construction of which he was responsible for. Following his illustrious grandfather, Louis XVI came to practice his passion for hunting there and he even met Chateaubriand, who recounted the episode in his “Mémoires d’outre-tombe”.

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type="image/webp">> Then it was Napoleon I who continued the great tradition of hunting at La Muette, by renovating his own apartments there.

And Napoleon III made it the ideal place to maintain his diplomatic relations during major hound hunts, notably in 1855 to receive Queen Victoria.