 Its architecture bore clear influences from both Renaissance Italy, in that its building plan resembled the letter H and that its exterior was richly ornamented, and France, because of the towers on each corner of both pavilions and its internal layout, based on the Châteaux of Chenonceau and Chambord.This form that was repeated again at La Muette and Challeau.During the Regency of Louis XV of France, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, (the daughter of the Regent) lived at the castle.