A small, peaceful château in the farmland north of Blois, with an orchard and conservatory of old fruit varieties. The poet Ronsard fell in love here with Cassandre Salviati, daughter of the house, and wrote poems to her.
The rooms keep their 18th-century furniture, and the old dovecote and wine press are in the courtyard.
The largest and most extravagant of the Loire châteaux, built from 1519 for King François I as a hunting lodge.
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