Domaine de Piédefer

Successively owned by a largely redesigned farm (XVII-XIX centuries), a convalescent home during the First World War, a private school between 1929 and 1992, the Pi&eacutee estate was acquired by the City in 1992-1993 and restored;re guerre mondiale, place dé entre 1929 et 1992, le domaine du Piédefer est acquis par la Ville en 1992-1993 et restauré.

It hosts in its oldest part of municipal services, the wedding hall and the nymphée. In the most recent building is installed the cultural space Condorcet. Inaugurated on January 29, 2000, the latter houses the médiathèque, the Great Gallery (former chapel) for exhibitions and the municipal school of visual arts.

The garden, where the museum is located, is the most important part of the building it is typical of the XIXth century, crossed by a canal and endowed with a waterfall grotto. The Nympharium is a room decorated with shells and rococo in the Italian baroque style. It is located in the old building with direct access to the garden. The dedication of this place dates from the late seventeenth century, period when Geneviève Poncet de la Rivière, Madame d’Espinville, étaire des lieux.

Benefiting from new lighting since 2009, the Nymphée, like the orangery, its supporting wall and the parterre à la française, has been classified as a historical monument since March 22, 1983.