Châteaux
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Indre Valley, Saché, Pont-de-Ruan, Ussé
"One of the most
Romantic river of France"
The novelist Honoré de
Balzac stayed in this manor of Saché very often
and wrote there some of his books

The American
sculptor Calder, creator of "mobiles" and "stabiles"
lived also in this village of Saché

Two water mills on islands in
the middle of Indre River

This site of
Pont de Ruan is described by Balzac in the novel
« Le Lys dans la Vallée »
Ussé Castle

The Château d’Ussé model for the
Castle of the "Sleeping Beauty" by
French writer Charles Perrault.
Holiday rentals in a Castle
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Index of castles, cities,abbeys by
alphabetical order: Amboise
Angers
Azay le Rideau Brissac
Chambonneau Chambord
Chateau Larcher
Chaumont Chenonceau
Cheverny
Chinon Dissay
Gençay Gué-Péan
Guillonnière Langeais
Luynes
Melle
Montreuil-Bellay
Montrichard
Moulin
Nouaillé Maupertuis Pocé sur Cisse
Saint-Aignan Saint Maurice la Clouère
Saint Savin Ussé
Valençay
Villandry