Château du Plessis-Bourré
Château du Plessis-Bourré is a château in the Loire Valley in France, situated in the commune of Écuillé in the Maine-et-Loire department. Built in less than 5 years from 1468 to 1472 by Finance Minister Jean Bourré, the principal advisor to King Louis XI, the château has not been modified externally since its construction and still has a fully working drawbridge.[1] It was classified as a Monument historique in 1931.
The château was purchased in 1911 by Henry Vaïsse who, when he died in 1956, bequeathed it to his nephew, François Reille-Soult, Duke of Dalmatie. Thereafter it remained the property of different members of the Reille-soult de Dalmatie family. The château is currently managed by Aymeric d'Anthenaise and Jean-Francois Reille-Soult of Dalmatie and is open to the public.
The château has been the setting for numerous films, including:
- Peau d'Âne by Jacques Demy
- Louis XI by J.C. Lubtchansky
- Jeanne d'Arc by Pierre Badel
- Fanfan la Tulipe by Gérard Krawczyk
- The Princess of Montpensier by Bertrand Tavernier
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- Château du Plessis-Bourré - official site
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Coordinates: 47°36′04″N 0°32′40″W / 47.6010°N 0.5444°W
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