How to Create Comfort in Winter\u2019s Dark Months, According to Kendall Wilkinson<\/a><\/p>\nNestled among the cities of Blois, Bourges and Orleans\u2014each \u200b\u200bknown for their royal and medieval heritage, and grand Gothic cathedrals\u2014the castle is fully renovated and equipped with smart-home automation while also retaining all its original decorative elements, according to the listing with Espaces Atypiques.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no compromise between history and comfort,\u201d the listing said. A representative for the brokerage couldn\u2019t immediately be reached for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Mansion Global couldn\u2019t determine who owns the castle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The grand entrance door opens onto a hallway that leads to a drawing room, a dining room, an orangery and a billiards room, each with fireplaces inspired by those of French King Francis I, which were characterized by their Renaissance grandeur.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Indeed, Renaissance-inspired detailing and period craftsmanship can be found throughout the 22-bedroom home, like the wooden staircase, sculpted and adorned with lion heads.<\/p>\n
In the basement, the castle\u2019s former coal and wine cellars have been converted into a gym and wellness area, and are joined by a large kitchen, pantry and scullery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The chateau lords over a more than 120-acre gated estate, dotted with lawns, meadows, a pond and ornamental plantings, and is bordered by woodland. There is also a caretaker\u2019s lodge and a second small chateau that\u2019s awaiting renovation, the listing said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Gothic-style chateau in the heart of France\u2019s Loire Valley hit the market last month for \u20ac26.3 million…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":488750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,220534,220532,220541,220533,220542,1033,171,440,220535,156,220527,220536,220528,220537,190262,220531,220529,220540,220538,220530,220539,5660,67,132,68,13923,220543],"class_list":{"0":"post-488749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-centre-val-de-loire","11":"tag-content-type-content-type-article","12":"tag-content-type_content-type-article","13":"tag-credited-by-mansion-global","14":"tag-credited_by_mansion_global","15":"tag-design","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-europe","18":"tag-european-union-countries","19":"tag-france","20":"tag-integration-apple-news","21":"tag-integration_apple-news","22":"tag-location-country-france","23":"tag-location_country-france","24":"tag-mediterranean-countries","25":"tag-property-type-property-type-castle","26":"tag-property-type-property-type-historic","27":"tag-property-type_property-type-castle","28":"tag-property-type_property-type-historic","29":"tag-subject-subject-new-listings","30":"tag-subject_subject-new-listings","31":"tag-synd","32":"tag-united-states","33":"tag-unitedstates","34":"tag-us","35":"tag-western-europe","36":"tag-wsj-pro-mansion-global"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}