This castle is the one that most impressed me among those I visited in the Loire valley. Outside the normal tourist circuits, it retains more than the others the initial constructive spirit with authentic relics and not copies or reproductions, as in many other castles !!! The name, Du Moulin, refers to the name of the family who built the castle, the Du Moulin. The castle is still inhabited by the current owners who bought it at the beginning of 1900, when the last descendant of the Du Moulin family died. The attached photos concern only the exterior and the internal courtyards, unfortunately you cannot take photos inside, but this also helps to give it mystery. The garden is a growing place for various types of strawberries. The castle built in the late 1400s is fairytale and chivalrous at the same time. Itâs a castle not for kings but for lords who might as well have fought dragons or and you can imagine necromancers brewing their magical potions in the workshops inside the castle towers. We arrived by crossing a sign on the main road that indicated the existence of this Castle a few kilometers away, of which we had not seen any publications. It can be reached by crossing the countryside and along avenues with tall trees. The entrance to the castle is through a bridge and there the guide awaits who, with a huge key, opens the door that leads into the sector of the Guard Corps. Remarkable is the large hall where the guards rested and could observe in a protected way anyone who approached the Castle and tried to cross the bridge. The main part is in the center of the courtyard with also a small church. The original period furniture will surely impress you. A part of the residence cannot be visited as the ownerâs residence. So the castle is still a living thing and not just a tourist thing, and those few euros that are needed to enter, go to try to keep this place alive. Obviously it is not a place with large influxes of people and this will make the visit more enjoyable. Then you know how to fantasize, or rather tell enchanted stories to your children, who will certainly not be bored here as in the great corridors and countless rooms of the largest castles of the Loire!
Grazie mille @plavarda per avermi taggato in questo splendido post.
Mi sono piaciuti molti aspetti di questo castello, in primis il fatto del suo utilizzo attuale senza dimenticare la sua storia ed il suo passato. Masochisticamente sono contento che non sia possibile fare foto al suo interno, in modo da poter fantasticare ed avere una ragione in piuâ per visitarlo.
Taggo in questo post anche @InaS percheâ so che apprezza molto lâatmosfera dei castelli.
@InaS forse il trono di spade, o forse essendo in Francia i 3 Moschettieri!! Ma anche una bella storia dâamore di Shakespeare come Romeo e Giulietta!
Mamma mia, mi hai fatto ricordare che son passati esattamente 30 anni da quando ho visitato anche io i Castelli della Loira (ma non questo)!!.
E mi sa che hai ragione, essendo il meno conosciuto e con poca gente (quindi pochi segnali e cartelli con le varie indicazioni, lampioni e altre âmodernitĂ â aggiuntive) sembra proprio di ritornare indietro nel tempo e rivivere naturalmente nellâepoca che sono stati costruiti e lâimmaginazione corre lontano: chissĂ quanti coccodrilli lungo quel fossato pieno dâacqua !!!
Ciao Paolo e complimenti per questi bellissimi tours che ci porti qui su Connect!
@helga19 abbiamo visto lâinterno, ma non tutto, parte dellâinterno Ăš riservato alla famiglia proprietaria che vi abita e non Ăš visitabile. Abbiamo visto un salone e qualche camera con letti a baldacchino. I mobili sono del XVI XVII XVIII secolo, e anche anche un grande camino nella casa delle guardie con un sistema dove venivano messi dei cani a giocare e giocando facevano girare lo spiedo, praticamente come una giostra dei criceti. Il lago attorno al castello Ăš un fossato artificiale come effettivamente si usava per i castelli medievali.
I loved both the body of the post and the Photos - both are really great, dear friend, @plavarda . Humbly thank you for tagging me (& request you to remember to tag me too). Loved it. I too have visited a couple of castles (all in Great Briton) - your post gave me an opportunity to cherish those good moments - Thanks
Your photos of Chateau du Moulin are so bright and sunny that is hard to imagine the existence of dragons around. But youâre right this castle is really fairy tale and perfect decor for movies.
By the way I am going to add an Italian language label to your post. This way it can be easily searched by language. More about language labels on Connect you can read in the How do I find posts in my preferred language? article.
ci sono ancora molte cose che devo imparare su LGC ma col tempo spero di riuscirci. Certo che con la potenza di Google translator non ci sono piĂč barriere nel mondo!!!
One of the greatest advantages of Connect is the fact that you can read other posts in your preferred language, no matter in what language it was written originally.
Itâs so beautiful @plavarda thanks for tagging me dear. Iâm so much fascinated about castles and it looks so beautiful. My sister said itâs like a Disney castle . Is this castle is wheelchair Friendly? Thanks for sharing it here. Have a nice day .
I try to remember, as you well know in 1400/1500 there were not all these attentions on the accessibility of places, but I seem to remember that the castle is partially accessible to wheelchairs, but certainly not accessible in the tower yet. inhabited by the current owners. There is a staircase to access the upper floors but there is no elevator, it is difficult to imagine that even the superintendence of the French State for ancient things could allow an elevator to be installed in an ancient castle.
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