A major place in Renaissance history, the Château de Montceaux, in Seine-et-Marne, is also known as the castle of the three queens. Acquired by Catherine de Medici in the 16th century, it was then completely transformed by artists as illustrious as Salomon de Brosse or Jacques Androuet du Cerceau.
Subsequently bought by Henri IV for his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées, the Château de Montceaux subsequently passed into the hands of Marie de Médicis on the occasion of the birth of the dauphin, the future Louis XIII.
Listed as a Historic Monument, it was largely destroyed shortly after the Revolution. Visitors can still admire some ruins today, as well as a chapel. The buildings of the forecourt have meanwhile been transformed into a bourgeois house, while the eastern part of the castle serves as a farmhouse.
