page_title: Château de Maintenon
section_title: Interior
hierarchical_section_title: Château de Maintenon / Description / Interior
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La grande galerie du Château de Maintenon - Eure-et-Loir English: Great gallery of Château de Maintenon - Eure-et-Loir, France Русский: Большая галерея Замка Монтенон, Эр и Луар, Франция. This building is classé au titre des Monuments Historiques. It is indexed in the Base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture,&#160;under the reference PA00097146 . беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| brezhoneg&#160;| català&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| Ελληνικά&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| español&#160;| euskara&#160;| suomi&#160;| français&#160;| magyar&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| svenska&#160;| українська&#160;| العربيَّة&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: The Château de Maintenon is a château, developed from the original castle, situated in the commune of Maintenon in the Eure-et-Loir département of France. It is best known as being the private residence of the second spouse of Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon.
  The castle has been classified as a Monument historique since 1944 by the French Ministry of Culture.
context_section_description: The interior has been restored, and furniture and decoration can be seen.
  The petits appartements (situated on the first floor of the corps de logis) include:
  a passage leading to the bedroom of Madame de Maintenon, an antechamber, and a private oratory
  the bedroom of the maréchal de Noailles, also preceded by an antechamber.
  The grands appartements (part of the round tower) include:
  two salons decorated in the Chinese style
  the salon du Roi, Louis XIV's bedroom when he stayed at Maintenon as guest of his secret wife
  a 19th-century billiard room
  a library in the style Napoléon III, the old library of Madame de Maintenon;
  a portrait gallery showing painting of the House of Noailles, who inherited the property at the death of Madame de Maintenon in 1718; in the gallery there is a cenotaph in her honour.
  The other towers are not open to visitors.
caption: The grande galerie
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