page_title: Château de Meudon
section_title: The rehabilitation project of the Great Perspective
hierarchical_section_title: Château de Meudon / History / The 20th century: a gradual renovation / The rehabilitation project of the Great Perspective
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Schéma de la Grande Perspective de Meudon, 2015. Légende&#160;: 1.Avenue du château&#160;; 2.Grande Terrasse du château&#160;; 3. Orangerie&#160;; 4.Partie toujours bouchée&#160;; 5.Etang de Chalais&#160;; 6.Tapis Vert.
context_page_description: Meudon Castle, also known as the Royal Castle of Meudon or Imperial Palace of Meudon, is a French castle located in Meudon in the Hauts-de-Seine department. At the edge of a wooded plateau, the castle offers views of Paris and the Seine river, as well as of the valley of Chalais. Located between Paris and Versailles, in the heart of a hunting reserve, the castle has an ideal topography for large gardens. It had many successive owners from the Renaissance until the fall of the Second French Empire. It should not be confused with the Bellevue Castle, also located in Meudon.
  Famous past residents include: Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Duchess of Étampes; the Cardinal of Lorraine, Abel Servien; François Michel Le Tellier Marquis de Louvois, and Louis, Grand Dauphin, also known as Monseigneur, who linked the Chaville Castle to Meudon Castle. The Château-Vieux burned down in 1795 and was rebuilt as the Château-Neuf, which in turn burned down in 1871. Demolition was considered, but most of the castle was preserved and became an observatory with an astronomical telescope in 1878, it was then attached to the Observatory of Paris in 1927.
context_section_description: The project to reconstitute the Great Perspective of Meudon was launched as early as the 1980s, but has made little progress to date. Nevertheless, it continues, in consultation with the parties concerned. Indeed, three quarters of this major landscape axis of Ile-de-France, due to André Le Nôtre, are preserved. Only the part between the parterre of the orangery and the pond of Chalais remains blocked.
caption: Schéma of the Grande Perspective at Meudon, 2015. Legend: 1. Avenue of the château; 2.Grande Terrasse of the château; 3. Orangery; 4. Part still blocked; 5. Chalais pond; 6. Tapis Vert
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