_Leaving the church we turn to the right, passing through the monumental gateway, and go towards the castle._ On the lawn (still keeping to the right) we come to the principal façade of the "=Grandes Écuries=", Jean Aubert's _chef-d'œuvre_, built between 1719 and 1740. They are seen on the right in the above photograph. On the opposite side of the lawn stands a little chapel, erected in 1535, by the high constable Anne de Montmorency, at the same time as six others dotted here and there about Chantilly, in memory of the seven churches of Rome which he had visited in order to obtain the indulgences pertaining to this pilgrimage. He obtained the same grant from the Pope for the chapels of Chantilly. Of these only two now remain, that on the lawn--Sainte-Croix, and another in the park--Saint-Paul. The photograph below gives a view of the whole of the castle. The little castle dates from the sixteenth century; the big castle is the work of a contemporary architect, Daumet, who erected it on the basement of the old dwelling, demolished during the Revolution. The Castle of Enghien, built in the eighteenth century, is now occupied by the guardians entrusted with its preservation. The water surrounding the castle teems with centenarian carp. One can get bread from the concierge and, on throwing a few crumbs into the moat, which passes beneath the entrance bridge, watch the onrush of the huge fish. [Illustration: Little Castle Chapel Great Castle The constable's Terrace Porter's Lodge Castle of Enghien CASTLE OF CHANTILLY] In the pages which follow we give a short historical account of the castle, referring the tourist for further details to the extremely interesting work of the curator, Mr. Gustave Macon: _Chantilly and the Condé Museum_. SHORT HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CASTLE In the Roman epoch Chantilly was the dwelling place of Cantilius. In the Middle Ages it became a fortress belonging to the "Bouteiller" (cupbearer), so named because of his hereditary functions at the court of the Capets. (The "bouteille de France," originally in charge of the king's cellars, became one of the greatest counsellors of the crown).