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Iad France - Marie Miqueau offers you: CHÂTEAU DE BLET / CLASSIFIED PICTURESQUE / 2.5 HOURS FROM PARIS / 30 MINUTES FROM BOURGES TRAIN STATION AND AIRPORT / 30 MINUTES FROM MAGNY-COURS CIRCUIT / 40 KM FROM SANCERRE. The Cher, department of the Centre-Val de Loire, backed by the voluptuous hills of Sancerrois, neighboring Berry and Sologne, a green corner where the Loire River sings. Blet, a small village perched on a mound at an altitude of 180 meters, hides within its soil an ancient medieval fortress of which only an engraving remains and the echo of Richard the Lionheart's footsteps pacing its walls. In the 11th century, Eude de Sully built a castle on the ruins of a Roman villa. Maintained and magnified by the same family for almost 1000 years, its last form is known thanks to the Marquis de Nicolaï and his wife De Bonneval whose coat of arms adorns the entrance gates. Even if it can be seen from the village, you have to go through the high gate, advance on the path winding among the trees, cross the hundred-year-old ginkgo tree to finally marvel at the unvarnished elegance of this listed castle with 10 centuries of history. The two main buildings at right angles and the three corner towers offer approximately 2500 m² of living space spread over five levels and composed of 72 rooms including 25 bedrooms (16 to be restored). The visit begins on the south side under the guard of the De Bonneval lions where two large glass doors open onto the entrance to the castle on the ground floor: The wide stone staircase invites you to explore, but you must first follow the passage of the old outbuildings on this level to discover a space converted into a cozy living room, office and family kitchen where modernity flirts with traditional Normandy stone. On this same level, you will find the boiler room, cellars, service rooms and the old butcher's shop of the castle. It is time to go back in time, and therefore the staircase, to discover on the first floor the heart of the castle: First, the large reception room, a marvel of the past where the light bursts on the magnificent wall woodwork from the Château de Bercy of which the Marquis de Nicolaï was the last owner. The large dining room also surprises with its openings onto an imposing terrace overlooking the village and the surrounding countryside to the west. Next, a small and large living room, a smoking room, a library, and an old kitchen. The small Sainte-Thérèse chapel nestled in the heart of one of the towers and adorned with a coat of arms piously concludes the visit to this level. With war no longer a thing of the past, the walls of the residence have been pierced over the years with large blown-glass windows that bathe the place in brilliant light. Everywhere, the eye is delighted by the wall decorations, the Venetian blondness of the parquet floors, the marble fireplaces in each room, the antique furniture left by many generations... On the second floor, the long, sunny corridor leads to nine carefully decorated bedrooms, eight of which have their own bathroom. Different styles are celebrated here. The last two levels of the castle are imbued with the mark of the past, and it is a pleasure to lose oneself and cross more than thirty rooms that bear witness to the intense life that reigned here until the 19th century. These parts are to be renovated but one can only use one's imagination to quickly restore them to their former splendor.... Outside on the east side, the terrace of the main courtyard overlooks the 18 hectares of the estate arranged in the English style, and in particular the majestic bridleway known as "de la Folie", an old Roman road leading to Sancerre and classified in 1981. Still to the east, the outbuildings of the castle of approximately 1700 m² are divided into several groups including the stables and a converted cottage with a capacity of 8 people. Not forgetting the small theater of the castle, sea... Information ALUR LAW: Fees payable by the seller. (gedeon_6727_31793105)
