Castle of Cheverny

The castle of Cheverny is a Loire ch4ateau, in the Sologne, France. It is in the commune of Cheverny.

It currently lodges a Meute and organizes hunts regularly. It inspired Hergé for the creation of the Château of Moulinsart, which is the mutilated counterpart of its two external houses.

History

The grounds of the castle were bought by Henri Hurault, Count de Cheverny, Lieutenant Général of the Armies of King de France, and Military Treasurer of the king Louis XI, whose current owner, the marquis de Vibraye, is the downward one.

After it had been recovered by the crown due to fraud towards the state, it was given by the king Henri II to his mistress Diane of Poitiers. Nevertheless, this one preferred the to him Château of Chenonceau and sold the property to the son of the first owner, Philippe Hurault, who builds the castle between 1624 and 1630.

They entrusted the realization of it to the architect Jacques Bougier (known as Boyer of Blois), who had assisted Solomon of the Brush in the construction of the castle of Blois. Decoration was completed by the girl of Henri Hurault and Marguerite, the Marchioness of Montglas, towards 1650, with the assistance of the sculptor and carpenter Hevras Hammerber and the painter Jean Mosnier (1600 - 1656), originating in Blois.

During a hundred and fifty following years, it changed owners many times, and one undertook great renovation works in there 1765. It was repurchased by the Hurault family in 1824.

In 1914, the owner opened the castle with the public. The family always lives there and the castle of Cheverny became one of the Loire ch4ateau impossible to circumvent to visit, famous for its splendid interiors, its collection of tapestry and objets d'art.

Description

It is one of most famous the Loire ch4ateau with those of Blois and Chambord, any close relations. Blois is a construction which carries the layers of style extending over four centuries from architecture, Cheverny is built in a homogeneous traditional style.

Blois and Chambord are royal residences contrary to Cheverny which remains a private property. Moreover, Cheverny preserved its furniture and its decoration of the 17th century.

The residence comprises several parts on two stages.

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