The castle
This is a private castle, still inhabited, and still superbly furnished. Your visit will take you from the king's bedroom, which still seems to be waiting for him, to the dining room, through an incredible kitchen with more than 150 copper elements.
The dining room
You may be surprised to discover that the beams are painted in grey monochrome. This was done as a sign of mourning after the death of King Henri III, and the same can be found in the bedroom of his wife, Queen Louise of Lorraine, in the Château de Chenonceau. Delicate attention, likewise, on another level than that of showing himself ready, at all times, to receive his guests, since the table is set up.
The king's bedroom
Let's not forget that we are in the Loire Valley, region of the kings of France, and each castle had, of course, to keep a room ready to receive him. You never know... and, indeed, on the evening of a hunt, King Francis I would have stopped there.
The kitchen
With its 19th century stove, and a whole gourmet set, skimmer, ice-cream maker, faisselle mill, and more than 150 pots and other period copper elements, it makes you dream of the receptions of another age.
The park
It too has an unusual feature: it offers a playful walk in the forest punctuated by educational terminals allowing you to approach and understand the local fauna and flora through animal tracks, life-size silhouettes, and the presentation of tree species with their bark, leaves, etc...
The museum
The Musée de la Vénerie (Venery Museum), presenting the know-how of exceptional craftsmen practising their art of hunting with hounds, in an impressive complex of 30 rooms.
You will admire a splendid collection of authentic saddles, or the achievements of the Deyrolle house, a taxidermy house founded in 1813 in Paris, or those gathered in the Hermès room... a certain French-style art, an art carried by very high level know-how, translated by achievements of excellence.
Château de Montpoupon
37460 Céré-la-Ronde
*** Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator
(free version) ***
Click on the image
Click on the image
