46°28′12″N 1°53′42″E / 46.469928°N 1.894925°E
| Château de Lalande | |
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| Alternative names | Château de la Lande |
| General information | |
| Status | Bed and breakfast, Private home |
| Address | Château de Lalande, Route de la Lande, 36140 Crozon-sur-Vauvre, France |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 40 |
| Website | |
| chateaudelalande.com | |
Château de Lalande (also written de la Lande) is a 16th-century château near Crozon-sur-Vauvre, Indre, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It was in the historic province of Berry until 1790.
History edit
The current château was built in the 16th century, by the side of a lake. The east wing with its huge square towers, defences and semi-circular tower, dates from this period.[1]
The château was once owned by Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, a cousin of Louis XIV known as "La Grande Mademoiselle".[2]
Following a fire in the 1860s, a wing of the château was rebuilt and two circular towers were added to the building.[1]
The château has a separate private chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph, built in 1865.
In the mid-19th century, it was visited by the French novelist George Sand, who described the area as "la vallée noire" (the black valley).
It later became the hereditary property of the Marquises de Nadaillac. François-Louis du Pouget de Nadaillac escorted Marie Antoinette to France in 1770. The current owners bought Lalande from the de Nadaillac family in 2005.[3]
Points of interest edit
The "Chêne du Not", a historic massive oak tree, is located nearby the château.[4]
In popular culture edit
Lalande is featured in the UK reality television series Escape to the Chateau: DIY on Channel 4[2] and the French television series Bienvenue chez nous (Welcome to our house) on TF1.[5] Lalande is the subject of the YouTube series The Chateau Diaries.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Chateau de Lalande, History". Chateau de Lalande. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Escape to the Chateau: DIY returns to colourful Chateau de Lalande". Complete France. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "How one former couple swapped two London flats for a 40-room chateau". Homes and Property. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Desbruyères, Jehan (1998). La legende des trois chênes [The legend of the three oaks] (in French). ISBN 2-9511412-0-3.
- ^ "Indre : le château de la Lande prend l'accent anglais sur TF1" [Indre: the castle of La Lande takes on the English accent on TF1]. La Nouvelle République (in French). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "TheChateauDiaries". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
Further reading edit
- Guillaume, Gérard (2019). Balade en Vallée Noire: Regards complices [Stroll in the Black Valley: Complicit glances] (in French). Châteauroux: La Bouinotte. ISBN 978-2-36975-133-5.