September 2022

Saturday 17
- 14:00 - 18:00
Sunday 18
- 14:00 - 18:00

Parc de Richelieu

5 place du Cardinal-de-Richelieu 37120 Richelieu

Indre-et-Loire

Centre-Val de Loire

Discovery tour

Name: Discovery tour
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Parc de Richelieu

Discovery tour of the Park and its disappeared castle with presentation of its model.

17 and 18 September 2022

Passed

Chanel Koehl

September 2022

Saturday 17
- 14:00 - 18:00
Sunday 18
- 14:00 - 18:00

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Visite commentée / Conférence

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Gratuit

About the location

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Parc de Richelieu

5 place du Cardinal-de-Richelieu 37120 Richelieu

Indre-et-Loire

Centre-Val de Loire

It was in the 15th century that the Plessis family settled in Richelieu. Born in 1585, Armand Jean du Plessis, future Cardinal of Richelieu, spent his entire childhood there. It was from 1625 that the Cardinal, then principal minister of Louis XIII, asked Jacques Lemercier, Architect of the King, to build, on the site of the former family residence, a vast castle, foreshadowing Versailles. Confiscated as national property from the revolution, the badly damaged estate was bought back in 1805 by a merchant of goods who sold it stone by stone. The works of art are scattered and incorporate public or private collections. Today, only the Dome (horse riding school), the Orangerie, the Caves, the main entrance and the entire canal layout remain.

September 2022

Besichtigung und Entdeckung

Discovery tour

Tour-scoperta

Visite-découverte

Visita-descubrimiento

September 2022