House of George Sand

The house was preserved because it was where Sand wrote many of her books and hosted some of the most important artists and writers of her time, including Chopin, Liszt, Balzac, Turgenev, and Delacroix.

The house is located in the small French village of Nohant, right in the heart of the Berry region of central France.

She was the granddaughter of the King of Poland, August II the Strong, and grandmother of George Sand, who laid out the gardens and built the main stairway.

[citation needed] In 1830, Aurore fell in love with Jules Sandeau,[5] and she left her husband to move to Paris.

[6] From 1837 until her death in 1876, she spent long summers at the house, usually from May until November, where she entertained many of the most famous artists of the time, including composer Franz Liszt, writers Honoré de Balzac and Gustave Flaubert, and painter Eugène Delacroix.

From 1839 until 1847, Frédéric Chopin lived with her in the house, completing his second piano sonata, and writing the Fantaisie in F minor, the two Nocturnes, Op.

[2] In 1952, it was classified as a National Historical Monument of France,[8] and it was opened to the public in 1961 as the Maison de George Sand à Nohant.