Château de Gizeux

The building is 250 metres long, making it the longest château in Touraine angevine.

The manor of Gizeux belonged to the family of the poet Joachim du Bellay from 1315 to 1660.

In 1790, this part of Anjou, stretching from Bourgueil in the south to Château-la-Vallière in the north and including Gizeux, was attached to the département of Indre-et-Loire.

The extremely rare 17th-century orants were made of white marble by Ghislain (known as Cambrai), director of the Académie royale de peinture et sculpture in Paris.

The Château de Gizeux has been listed since 1945 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.