Château de la Punta

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History

Count Charles Pozzo di Borgo, deputy for Corsica, was 24 years old when the National Assembly decided on the destruction of the Tuileries Palace, burned during the Commune. The contractor in charge of the demolition having put the materials up for sale, the count purchased a lot of sculptured stones which he had photographed in place, then numbered in order to be able to reconstitute them as they were positioned before the demolition. Charles Vincent, architect, was tasked with drawing up the plans for the pavilion and studying the possibility of construction in Corsica. The pavilion reproduces, on its north façade, part of the work of Jean Bullant; on its south façade, part of that of Philibert Delorme. Above the cellars and basement, the ground floor of the south façade is decorated with eight Ionic columns separating openings. Above runs a sculptured Ionic entablature. Decorating the second floor are eight Corinthian columns. As a crowning, an entablature forms a Corinthian cornice. All of the columns with their capitals, the Ionic entablature, the Corinthian cornice, come from the Tuileries. On the north façade of Jean Bullant, two Ionic columns with marble plaques and capitals, from the Pavilion of the Clock, decorate the entrance door. According to tradition, they would have been sculptured by Jean Goujon. The entablature is the same as on the south façade, and continues on the east and west façades, decorated with pilasters.