Chateau de Cheverny
The Château de Cheverny is located at Cheverny, in the département of Loir-et-Cher in the Loire Valley in France. The lands were purchased by Henri Hurault, Comte de Cheverny, and Treasurer for War under King Louis XI.
Lost to the Crown because of fraud to the State, it was donated by King Henri II to his mistress Diane de Poitiers. However, she preferred Château de Chenonceau and sold the property to the former owner's son, Philippe Hurault, who built the château between 1624 and 1630.
During the next 150 years ownership changed many times and in 1765 a major interior renovation was undertaken. Required to forfeit much of the Hurault wealth at the time of the French Revolution, the family sold it in 1802(the period of Napoleon Bonaparte) but bought it back in 1824. This was the period of the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy under King Charles I. The aristocracy was once again a very strong political and economic position.
In 1914, the owner opened the chateau to the public, one of the first to ever do so. The family still operates it, and Château Cheverny remains a top tourist attraction to this day, renowned for magnificent interior rooms and its collection of furniture, tapestries, and objets d'art.
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Places to visit near Chateau de Cheverny, France
Explore places of interest within about 70 kilometres on a map at places near Chateau de Cheverny.
Some places to visit within 30 km: 
17 km: Blois (Town and castle) 17 km: Chateau de Blois (castle) 14 km: Chateau de Chambord (castle) 1 km: Loire Valley and river (Designated world heritage site)
See also Chateau de Cheverny (version Francais)
