The Loveliest Library
13,000 books and 700 manuscripts are held in the magnificent library at Chantilly, an astonishingly well-preserved room.
They can house 240 horses and 500 dogs, and were commissioned by a Prince of Condé who believed that he would be reincarnated as a horse – presumably he had every intention of living in these stables! The magnificent Chantilly racetrack, inaugurated in 1834 is set up in front of the Great Stables. More than 800 stable-boys and jockeys train close to 3,000 horses there daily. There is also a dressage show in the arena of the grand stables
Horse Heaven
When you visit Chantilly, you’ll think there are two chateaux because the stables are so splendid that they look like a castle too. In fact, other than Versailles, these are the biggest stables in France.