The Château Borély is a chateau in the southern part of Marseille , France. Associated with Borély park and Marseille Borély golf course, it has been listed as a historical monument since 1936, and has housed the Museum of Decorative Arts, Earthenware and Fashion since Marseille-Provence 2013 with its rich original decor.
6-598: The chateau was built in the eighteenth century for Louis Borély (1692–1768), a rich merchant of Marseille. It was donated to the city in the nineteenth century. For several years it hosted the archaeological museum. The chateau is located in the current Parc Borély . There are plans to transfer the Faïence Museum ( Musée de la Faïence de Marseille ) from the Château Pastré to the Château Borély, which will also hold
12-550: A country house, the Château Borély , in the area of Marseille called Bonneveine. The estate was enlarged in the 18th century by Joseph Borély, who constructed a bastide, or Provençal country house, on the domaine. When Louis-Joseph Borély inherited the domaine in 1770, he commissioned the landscape architect Embry to create a Garden à la française. In the middle of the 19th century, the land passed first to Paulin Talabot, director of
18-513: The Remarkable Gardens of France . The park is 17 hectares in size. It adjoins the Jardin botanique E.M. Heckel . Parc Borély has three different gardens; a Garden à la française , facing the bastide, composed of a two lawns, a circular basin and a rectangual basin, and double rows of trees, between the avenue du Prado and the gates of the park: An English landscape garden, on the east side of
24-421: The new PLM railroad which connected Paris to Marseille; and then the land was acquired by the city of Marseille. The city commissioned landscape architect Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand to design a park with three distinct parts; a French garden, an English landscape park, and a track for horse racing by the side of the sea. A number of wooden pavilions were constructed; just one remains, the former pavilion by
30-432: The park, surrounding a lake, and decorated with statues, fountain, a cascade, and a playground. It also featured a miniature of the basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde . A recently renovated race track. The other two parts of the garden connect to the sea by a promenade and to the neighboring botanical garden. The park was created in the 17th century by a French ship owner and merchant, Joseph Borely, who bought land for
36-502: The planned Museum of Decorative Arts and Fashion, as part of preparations for Marseille becoming the European cultural capital in 2013. Citations Sources [REDACTED] Media related to Château Borély at Wikimedia Commons Parc Bor%C3%A9ly Parc Borély is a public municipal park in the city of Marseille , France . It is classified by the Ministry of Culture as one of
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