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Domaine de Mortefontaine

Mortefontaine, Oise, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Le château en totalité, les deux pavillons d'entrée (façades et toitures) et le parc, y compris la glacière, en totalité (cad. E 9, 139, 114 à 147, 149, 150, 160, 163 à 166, 172, 175, 176, 168, 169, 141, 151, 152, 178, 173, 174, 8) : inscription par arrêté du 2 août 2004
Protection dates
2004/08/02 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée, propriété de la commune
Commune
Mortefontaine
Département
Oise
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
49.10856, 2.60184
Mérimée reference
PA60000057

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "BnF, département Cartes et plans, GE C-1636" (Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Edifice bâti vers 1600-1630 et remanié aux 19e et 20e siècles. Plusieurs personnages célèbres y résident (Buffon, Watteau, Corot, Byron, Chopin...). Napoléon 1er y signa le traité de commerce avec les Etats-Unis et les préliminaires de la Paix d'Amiens. Gérard de Nerval s'inspire du lieu pour son roman "Sylvie".

English translation

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Building erected around 1600-1630 and altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. Several famous figures resided there (Buffon, Watteau, Corot, Byron, Chopin...). Napoleon I signed the trade treaty with the United States and the preliminaries of the Peace of Amiens there. Gérard de Nerval was inspired by the place for his novel "Sylvie".

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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