The Château des Réaux is a French medieval

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located in the commune

Chouzé-sur-Loire Chouzé-sur-Loire (, literally ''Chouzé on Loire'') is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-et- ...

in the

Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it ...

department in the

Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...

region. It has been listed as a historic monument since 1930.

History

The Château des Réaux

had been in possession, in the fourteenth century, of Amaury Péau, Jeanne de Montejean, Countess of Sancerre, Antoine de Breuil and Gilles de Brye in 1455. Ruined in the fifteenth century,Tallemant au château des Réaux
it was acquired by the Grand Father Jean Briçonnet, first mayor of Tours. The influence of the old fortified castle appears on the general plan of the building: it is situated on an island totally surrounded by a large water ditch which served for security reinforcement. The present castle was built on the site of the old fortified castle by the grandson Jean Briçonnet, son of Guillaume Briçonnet, lord of the sites then called Plessis-Rideau. He was also inhabited by Thibaut de Longuejoue and their descendants, the family Taveau.Le Grand dictionnaire historique
Par

Louis Moréri Louis Moréri (25 March 1643 – 10 July 1680) was a French priest and encyclopedist. Life Moréri was born in 1643 in Bargemon, a village in the ancient province of Provence. His great-grandfather, Joseph Chatranet, a native of Dijon, had sett ...

, vol. 6, 1759. () In 1595 a marriage has brought the castle into possession of the Béraudière family. François de La Béraudière has inherited it and then sold for an amount of one hundred and fifteen thousand pounds in 1650 to the writer and poet Tallemant des Réaux for whom the castle became home and his family name was attributed to the castle since the 30 of July 1653 by a royal charter of the king

Contemporary art gallery (permanent exhibition)

Inside the Château des Réaux castle is inaugurated a

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s gallery (permanent

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) devoted to the topic of men’s and women’s legs, entitled “Legs of men and women in the

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of the third

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”. The main conception of this contemporary art gallery and exhibition is to “boost the creative research and make the topic of the exhibition to become the main subject of the works”. The content of the gallery, 760 paintings of 530 painters from over 40 countries of the world, is the result of an international competition which was launched in 2007. This exhibition was created as a part of preparations for celebration of the sixth century of the Château des Réaux castle foundation. The contemporary art gallery in the Château des Réaux castle was awarded by th
“Merit and Dedication to the Arts” diploma issued by the Mazarine Academy
The paintings exhibition is available for individual and collective visits (including guided visits) all year round. The paintings were selected according to their compliance with the four subdivisions of the main topic: *“Classic and charming” legs of the 3rd millennium *A humorous or satirical look at contemporary legs *The evolution of men’s legs until today *A personal vision of the painter of the four legs of two persons on the same work Among several painters who have sent their works are
Béatrice Le Limantour
Konstantin Altunin
Annalisa AvanciniJavier AzurdiaStefan BurgerGhyslaine Chirat-LeonelliSylvain DezGiovanni FaccioliEva FellnerOlga Glumcher

Mel Ramos Melvin John Ramos (July 24, 1935 – October 14, 2018) was an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art. Born in Sacramento, California, to ...

Susan Jillette - SooZRaffaella Vaccari
and many other.

External links

Images

Image:Mini-Châteaux Val de Loire 2008 457.JPG, Mini-model of the Château des Réaux castle Image:Les_Réaux_Castle.jpg, Château des Réaux castle, view from the adjacent park File:Le lilas Château des Réaux.jpg, Lilac in the Jean Brisonne park File:Le saule Château des Réaux.jpg, Willow in the park File:Le parc Château des Réaux.jpg, Jean Brisonne park File:Le banc Château des Réaux.jpg, Bench in the park File:Chateau-des-reaux-étang.jpg, Pond in the park

References

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