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The Château d’Azay le Rideau

The park
The Château d'Azay-le-Rideau is built on an island between two branches of the River Indre. This exceptional site, which gives so much charm to the château, has rich flora and fauna of which the various owners have taken advantage.
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Refurnishing of the château
The ground floor has been restored to its 19th century state when the castle was owned by the Marquis of Biencourt This is mainly to highlight the occupation of the château by Anne-Elie Marie de Montmorency (1803-1882) and Armand-Marie-Antoine de Biencourt (1802-1862).
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Northen façade
The Northern façade, the first one to greet your eye on arriving at the château, is considered a masterpiece of architecture and sculpture of the earliest French Renaissance.
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Southern façade
The view from the water mirror is certainly the best known of the Château d'Azay. Honoré de Balzac said it was like "a faceted diamond set in the Indre".
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A renaissance bedroom
The bedroom of Philippe Lesbahy, wife of Gilles Berthelot, has been reconstructed according to the procedures known in France during the Renaissance.
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