{"id":40590,"date":"2025-04-24T11:04:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savingcastles.com\/?p=40590"},"modified":"2025-08-24T01:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T08:52:59","slug":"chateau-de-villandry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savingcastles.com\/fr\/chateau-de-villandry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u00e2teau de Villandry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40590\" class=\"elementor elementor-40590\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83785ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"83785ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae80b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"7ae80b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"chapelure\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Accueil<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edbe822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edbe822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A propos du Ch\u00e2teau de Villandry<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4fb628 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4fb628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Le ch\u00e2teau de Villandry est le dernier des grands ch\u00e2teaux de la Renaissance construits sur les rives de la Loire. Si son architecture est impressionnante, Villandry est mondialement connu pour ses jardins extraordinaires, consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme l'un des plus spectaculaires de France et le plus bel exemple au monde de l'art des jardins de la Renaissance.<\/p><p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">La forteresse m\u00e9di\u00e9vale d'origine a \u00e9t\u00e9 acquise en 1532 par Jean Le Breton, ministre des finances de Fran\u00e7ois Ier, qui a d\u00e9moli la majeure partie de la structure existante pour construire l'\u00e9l\u00e9gant ch\u00e2teau Renaissance que nous voyons aujourd'hui. En 1906, le ch\u00e2teau a \u00e9t\u00e9 achet\u00e9 par le Dr Joachim Carvallo et son \u00e9pouse am\u00e9ricaine, Ann Coleman, qui ont consacr\u00e9 leur fortune et leur vie \u00e0 restaurer la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 et \u00e0 recr\u00e9er les magnifiques jardins de la Renaissance.<\/p><p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Les jardins de Villandry sont am\u00e9nag\u00e9s sur trois terrasses, chacune ayant une fonction distincte. La terrasse sup\u00e9rieure abrite le jardin d'eau avec un bassin \u00e0 miroir Louis XV. Au deuxi\u00e8me niveau se trouve le Jardin d'Amour, divis\u00e9 en quatre sections repr\u00e9sentant les diff\u00e9rents types d'amour : tendre, passionn\u00e9, volage et tragique. Au-dessous se trouve le spectaculaire jardin potager, compos\u00e9 de neuf carr\u00e9s identiques, chacun plant\u00e9 de l\u00e9gumes diff\u00e9rents selon des motifs g\u00e9om\u00e9triques qui changent au fil des saisons, cr\u00e9ant un damier de couleurs envo\u00fbtant.<\/p><p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">L'int\u00e9rieur du ch\u00e2teau est \u00e9l\u00e9gamment meubl\u00e9 d'art hispano-mauresque, de pi\u00e8ces de la Renaissance et d'\u00e9l\u00e9ments d\u00e9coratifs du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle, ce qui t\u00e9moigne du go\u00fbt raffin\u00e9 de la famille Carvallo. Aujourd'hui, le ch\u00e2teau est rest\u00e9 entre les mains de leurs descendants qui continuent d'entretenir et de mettre en valeur cette extraordinaire propri\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a35b973 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a35b973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d689315 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d689315\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efce2bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efce2bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a62f053 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a62f053\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Le saviez-vous ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d5585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66d5585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Le potager utilise plus de 40 types de l\u00e9gumes diff\u00e9rents, dispos\u00e9s selon des motifs g\u00e9om\u00e9triques pr\u00e9cis qui cr\u00e9ent une tapisserie vivante.<\/li><li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Le jardin d'amour utilise des motifs de buis et des couleurs de fleurs pour symboliser quatre types d'amour : tendre, passionn\u00e9, inconstant et tragique.<\/li><li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Contrairement \u00e0 de nombreux ch\u00e2teaux de la Loire, Villandry est rest\u00e9 la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 de la m\u00eame famille depuis 1906.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e190864 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e190864\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ac8c5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ac8c5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088e564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"088e564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type : <\/strong>Ch\u00e2teau<strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Statut : <\/strong>Public<strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>R\u00e9gion :<\/strong> Vall\u00e9e de la Loire<strong><br \/>Localisation : <\/strong>Le Ch\u00e2teau de Villandry est situ\u00e9 sur la commune de Villandry dans le d\u00e9partement d'Indre-et-Loire, \u00e0 environ 15 kilom\u00e8tres \u00e0 l'ouest de Tours.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88d2fb3 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"88d2fb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chateauvillandry.fr\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Lien vers le site web<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2655bd4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2655bd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e457ca9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e457ca9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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Une forteresse m\u00e9di\u00e9vale a \u00e9t\u00e9 construite sur le site, occupant une position d\u00e9fensive strat\u00e9gique en France pendant une p\u00e9riode d'instabilit\u00e9 territoriale apr\u00e8s l'unification par l'empereur Charlemagne.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1189<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>N\u00e9gociations royales de paix<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>La forteresse de Colombiers (plus tard Villandry) a accueilli une rencontre historique entre le roi de France Philippe II \"Auguste\" et le roi d'Angleterre Richard I \"C\u0153ur de Lion\". Les deux monarques se sont rencontr\u00e9s pour discuter des conditions de paix, mettant ainsi fin \u00e0 la guerre entre leurs pays. Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement souligne l'importance strat\u00e9gique et politique du ch\u00e2teau \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque m\u00e9di\u00e9vale.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">14e si\u00e8cle<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Construction du donjon<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>C'est \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque qu'a \u00e9t\u00e9 construit le donjon (tour) m\u00e9di\u00e9val d'origine. Cette tour fortifi\u00e9e est la seule structure m\u00e9di\u00e9vale de la forteresse d'origine qui subsiste aujourd'hui, rappelant les origines militaires du ch\u00e2teau.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1532<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Acquisition de Jean Le Breton<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Jean Le Breton, secr\u00e9taire aux finances et contr\u00f4leur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des guerres du roi Fran\u00e7ois Ier, ach\u00e8te la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 le 4 mars 1532 pour la somme de 35 000 livres. Soucieux d'impressionner le roi, il entreprend imm\u00e9diatement de transformer la forteresse m\u00e9di\u00e9vale d\u00e9labr\u00e9e en un \u00e9l\u00e9gant ch\u00e2teau de la Renaissance.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1532-1536<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Transformation de la Renaissance<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Inspir\u00e9 par ses voyages en Italie, Jean Le Breton reconstruit le ch\u00e2teau autour du donjon m\u00e9di\u00e9val d'origine, cr\u00e9ant ainsi le plan en U caract\u00e9ristique que l'on reconna\u00eet aujourd'hui. La nouvelle conception comprend des arcades, des fen\u00eatres \u00e0 meneaux bord\u00e9es de pilastres sculpt\u00e9s, des fen\u00eatres \u00e0 haut toit avec des pignons sculpt\u00e9s et des toits d'ardoise en pente - toutes les caract\u00e9ristiques du style de la Renaissance fran\u00e7aise.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1543<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Visite royale<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Apr\u00e8s la mort de Jean Le Breton, sa veuve re\u00e7ut le roi Fran\u00e7ois Ier en personne dans la demeure. Cette visite royale confirme le statut du ch\u00e2teau comme l'une des plus belles demeures Renaissance du Val de Loire.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1639<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Changement de nom officiel<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Le ch\u00e2teau et le domaine qui l'entoure sont officiellement rebaptis\u00e9s \"Villandry\", en remplacement du nom d'origine \"Colombiers\". Le nom de Villandry a \u00e9t\u00e9 choisi parce qu'il correspondait au nom d'une autre terre appartenant \u00e0 Jean Le Breton, consolidant ainsi les possessions de la famille sous un seul nom.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1754<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>R\u00e9novation n\u00e9oclassique<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Le ch\u00e2teau a \u00e9t\u00e9 achet\u00e9 par Michel-Ange de Castellane, ambassadeur du roi Louis XV et homme de go\u00fbt r\u00e9put\u00e9 de son temps. Tout en pr\u00e9servant en grande partie l'ext\u00e9rieur, il s'est attach\u00e9 \u00e0 moderniser l'int\u00e9rieur en y ajoutant des boiseries pour l'isolation et un mobilier n\u00e9oclassique. Il a \u00e9galement redessin\u00e9 les jardins dans le style fran\u00e7ais formel en vogue \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1789-1799<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Pendant la R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise, le ch\u00e2teau a \u00e9t\u00e9 confisqu\u00e9 \u00e0 la famille Castellane, en proie \u00e0 des difficult\u00e9s financi\u00e8res. C'est le d\u00e9but d'une p\u00e9riode de changement de propri\u00e9taires et de d\u00e9clin progressif de ce domaine autrefois magnifique.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">D\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1800<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Propri\u00e9t\u00e9 imp\u00e9riale<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>L'empereur Napol\u00e9on Bonaparte acquiert le ch\u00e2teau pour son fr\u00e8re, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Bonaparte. Au cours de cette p\u00e9riode, les jardins ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9am\u00e9nag\u00e9s dans le style paysager anglais, s'\u00e9loignant ainsi de leurs origines formelles de la Renaissance. Cependant, apr\u00e8s la chute de Napol\u00e9on, le ch\u00e2teau tombe en ruine.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">19e si\u00e8cle<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>P\u00e9riode de d\u00e9clin<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Pendant une grande partie du XIXe si\u00e8cle, le ch\u00e2teau de Villandry a chang\u00e9 de mains \u00e0 plusieurs reprises et s'est progressivement d\u00e9t\u00e9rior\u00e9. Les jardins, autrefois magnifiques, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 n\u00e9glig\u00e9s et certaines parties du b\u00e2timent sont tomb\u00e9es en ruine, les propri\u00e9taires successifs n'ayant ni les ressources ni l'int\u00e9r\u00eat n\u00e9cessaires pour entretenir correctement la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 historique.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1906<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Acquisition de Carvallo<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Le docteur Joachim Carvallo, m\u00e9decin et scientifique espagnol, et son \u00e9pouse am\u00e9ricaine Ann Coleman (h\u00e9riti\u00e8re de la fortune sid\u00e9rurgique Coleman) ach\u00e8tent le ch\u00e2teau. Le couple consacre sa fortune et le reste de sa vie \u00e0 redonner \u00e0 Villandry sa gloire d'antan, en lan\u00e7ant un ambitieux projet de restauration.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1906-1918<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Restauration des jardins de la Renaissance<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Avec l'aide d'une centaine d'ouvriers, Joachim Carvallo a restaur\u00e9 la beaut\u00e9 Renaissance de la fa\u00e7ade du ch\u00e2teau. Plus important encore, il a entrepris des recherches historiques approfondies pour recr\u00e9er d'authentiques jardins de la Renaissance, rempla\u00e7ant le paysage de style anglais du XIXe si\u00e8cle par des motifs g\u00e9om\u00e9triques formels inspir\u00e9s des dessins du XVIe si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">1934<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Statut de monument national<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>En reconnaissance de son importance historique et architecturale, le Ch\u00e2teau de Villandry a \u00e9t\u00e9 class\u00e9 Monument Historique par le gouvernement fran\u00e7ais, assurant ainsi sa protection et sa pr\u00e9servation pour les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">2000<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Site du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Avec d'autres ch\u00e2teaux de la Loire, Villandry a \u00e9t\u00e9 inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, reconnaissant ainsi sa valeur universelle exceptionnelle en tant qu'\u00e9l\u00e9ment du paysage culturel du Val de Loire.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">2008<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Cr\u00e9ation d'un jardin du soleil<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Henri Carvallo, arri\u00e8re-petit-fils de Joachim Carvallo et actuel propri\u00e9taire du ch\u00e2teau, a con\u00e7u et ouvert le \"Jardin du Soleil\" au public. Ce nouveau jardin comprend trois chambres distinctes - la chambre des enfants, la chambre du soleil et la chambre des nuages - chacune avec ses propres caract\u00e9ristiques et plantations.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <div class=\"timeline-item\">\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-date\">Aujourd'hui<\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"timeline-content\">\r\n                        <h3>Patrimoine vivant<\/h3>\r\n                        <p>Aujourd'hui, le ch\u00e2teau de Villandry, qui appartient toujours \u00e0 la famille Carvallo, est l'un des ch\u00e2teaux les plus visit\u00e9s de France, accueillant plus de 330 000 visiteurs par an. Il est r\u00e9put\u00e9 dans le monde entier pour ses spectaculaires jardins Renaissance, qui comprennent un jardin d'eau, des jardins de fleurs ornementales et des jardins potagers am\u00e9nag\u00e9s selon des motifs formels avec des dessins g\u00e9om\u00e9triques complexes cr\u00e9\u00e9s avec des haies de buis basses. Le ch\u00e2teau t\u00e9moigne de la vision et du d\u00e9vouement de g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de gardiens qui ont pr\u00e9serv\u00e9 ce magnifique \u00e9l\u00e9ment du patrimoine fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/section>\r\n        \r\n        <!-- Decorative Divider -->\r\n        <div class=\"decorative-divider\">\r\n            <div class=\"divider-circle\"><\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"divider-line\"><\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"divider-circle\"><\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home About Chateau de Villandry Ch\u00e2teau de Villandry is the last of the great Renaissance ch\u00e2teaux built on the banks of the Loire River. 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