Castle
Architect Hippolyte Blanche built the small castle of Picheny in Napoleon III-style as a summer country house.
Blanche was born in Paris on 30 April 1827 and died in his summer residence in Picheny on 14 August 1894. Tomb of Blanche to visit in Paris at Père-Lachaise (division 5, chemin serré, line 2). Blanche was very active as architect in Paris during the time of Haussman’s renovation of Paris.