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Touraine, Loire Valley, a stones throw from the Langeais Castle, in centre city, Historical multi-level 5/6 bedroom home with 2.5 bathrooms, sitting room, library, entertainment room, kitchen, open floor plan, living room, dining room, private garden, courtyard, wine room, basement and separate garage.

Bonus’ • One bedroom apartment with private entrance. • Second and Third floors possible to convert...

Ms ANGRISANI + 33 (0)664789865 dangrisani.pam_immo@yahoo.fr

LANGEAIS

Langeais situated on the North bank of the Loire is renowned for its gentile peace of life, and is one of the oldest towns in Touraine. Langeais is an ideal location to visit the Loire Valley. Easy access by car or train, twenty five minutes west of Tours and one hour and twenty five minutes in speed train to Paris.

In 1188, Richard the Lionheart, King of England, Count of Anjou, seized Langeais and installed a governor there. In 1427, the Hundred Years War was raging. The English took possession of the Château and began to pillage the surrounding countryside. The inhabitants of Langeais and the owners of neighbouring fiefs gave them 2,500 gold crowns to go away. The Château was razed to the ground, with only the square keep remaining.

Langeais was where the first customs were drafted in 1460, by order of Louis XI. Jean Bourré, Treasurer of France and Governor of Langeais, had the present Château built in 1465, by order of Louis XI. It was scarcely completed when it provided the venue for an important event for France: the marriage of Anne de Bretagne and Charles VIII, which brought one of the last independent provinces into the Kingdom, joining Brittany to France. In 1766, the land of Langeais was bought by the Duc de Luynes, forming part of the Duchy of Luynes until the Revolution.

In 1886, Mr Jacques SIEGFRIED became the owner of the Château, restoring and refurnishing it. The Château of Langeais now belongs to the Institut de France.

Leisure activities in Langeais

Leisure Park
Situated at the eastern edge of the town, the Leisure Park, with its 3.5 hector lake, is an ideal spot for walks and picnics. You can fish, sail, windsurf, or even play petanque…

Culture
All year round, in the former Municipal Theatre, the venue for plays, concerts, and a variety of entertainments. It is first and foremost, however, a very lively cinema. Theme evenings are also organised from time to time.

Swimming
Situated in the Leisure Park, Langeais swimming pool overlooks the lake.

Sports facilities

Les Mistrais Gymnasium - 2 tennis courts, basketball and handball court, badminton, body-building room, dance room, dojo, table tennis…

Little gymnasium - Dance room, gymnastics hall, wall bars, basketball courts…

Tennis

Municipal Camp Site

Football

Rugby

Municipal library (02 47 96 85 80)

What makes Langeais a vital tourist attraction in the Loire Valley?

Langeais is popular both for the beauty of its landscapes and for its fine heritage.

Nestling between the forest and the Loire, the town of Langeais has a close relationship with water and nature. Over a total area of 6,038 hectares, the forest predominates, covering almost 4,000 hectares.

At a crossroads between the Châteaux trail and the "route des vins", a crossing point over the Loire with an unusual bridge, Langeais classed among the UNESCO world heritage sites.

The Château of Langeais
Louis XI had this powerful building constructed between 1465 and 1467. In 1491, it was the venue for the marriage of Charles VIII and Duchess Anne de Bretagne, which brought Brittany into the Kingdom of France. With its working drawbridge, its walk round the battlements, its machicolations and its imposing towers, the Château presents to the outside world the appearance of a defensive site, while the interior façade heralds the Renaissance.

The Keep
The inner courtyard and the Château gardens are dominated by the remains of a square keep built around the year one thousand by Foulques Nerra, Comte d’Anjou, the terrible “Black Falcon”.

The Suspension Bridge
Langeais Bridge, with its towers and its mini castles, is one of the most photographed monuments in town.

St Jean-Baptiste church
Saint Martin ordered a church and a baptistery to be built in Langeais around 380: this was the first rural church in Touraine. In the 10th century, a basilica dedicated to St John the Baptist was erected. The 12th century apse, the sacristy and the bell tower were made listed monuments in 1914 and 1933. The crypt under the apse can be visited.

St Laurent church
A parish church until the Revolution, sold as a national asset, burnt down in 1861, converted into a workshop, it is one of the rare religious buildings in Touraine that has been systematically excavated. The church cannot be visited but shows and concerts are organised there during the summer.

Maison “de Rabelais”
Opposite the Château, is a Renaissance house that, legend has it, was lived in by Rabelais, although there is nothing to confirm this idea.

Maison des “Trois Rois” (Three Kings)
Built in the 15th century, is one of the oldest houses in Langeais.

Carriage of remembrance
In Langeais station, is a deportation car (40 men, 8 horses lengthways). This carriage was established as a national monument to the Deportation Train Escapees in memory of the many escapes that took place during the Second World War.

Boule de Fort (Fortified bowls)
Langeais has two Boule de Fort tracks, run by the associations “La Joyeuse” and “La Rescapée” (in La Rouchouze).
What is the origin of this very strange sport? It is generally thought that boule de fort and the very unusual shape of the track, with its rising edges, originated in the holds of the boats that sailed up and down the Loire. Boule de fort is played from Vouvray to Saint Nazaire, the northern limit being Le Mans and the southern border the Loire.

Bricks and Earthenware
The plateaux surrounding Langeais are covered with senonian (Cretaceous) clay which was laid down about 60 million years ago. This craft activity led to the establishment of many factories in the first half of the 19th century. One of these, founded in 1839, is very well-known not only for its bricks but also for its semi-fine china, generally called “Langeais earthenware”.

Other outstanding points
On the hillsides, in the tuffeau quarries, a large number of troglodytic homes have been established.
The bandstand, situated on the Place du 14 juillet, was built around 1880.
In the rue Anne de Bretagne, not far from the Château, there are two other 16th century houses, one of which is decorated with pilasters.

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