Illustration Patrimoine

FRANCE. VAL-D'OISE (95). AUVERS SUR OISE. THE CHATEAU D'AUVERS WAS BUILT IN 1635 BY AN ITALIAN BANKER, ZABONI LIONI, IN THE SUITE OF MARY DE MEDICI. AT THE END OF THE CENTURY, IT BECAME THE PROPERTY OF JEAN DE LEYRIT, COUNCILOR TO THE KING, WHO TRANSFORMED THE ITALIAN PAVILION INTO A FRENCH CHATEAU. Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM