{"id":17717,"date":"2016-03-07T16:52:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T14:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musee-balzac.fr\/accueil\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28T12:28:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:28:24","slug":"accueil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.musee-balzac.fr\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Ch\u00e2teau de Sach\u00e9 – Mus\u00e9e Balzac"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to the Ch\u00e2teau de Sach\u00e9 - Mus\u00e9e Balzac<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Deep in the Indre Valley<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Ch\u00e2teau de Sach\u00e9, a historical landmark and source of inspiration for Honor\u00e9 de Balzac<\/h2>\n

Deep in the Indre Valley, the Ch\u00e2teau de Sach\u00e9 was one of Honor\u00e9 de Balzac's favourite places to go for inspiration. Between 1825 and 1848, he stayed at Jean Margonne's home a dozen times. Balzac's small bedroom provided him with the silence and austerity that, away from his hectic life in Paris and financial worries, enabled him to work for twelve to sixteen hours a day. \u00a0Some of Father Goriot, Louis Lambert, C\u00e9sar Birotteau<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Lost Illusions\u00a0<\/em>were written here. Sach\u00e9 also inspired Balzac to set his novel The Lily of the Valley<\/em>\u00a0in the idyllic Indre Valley.<\/p>\n

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Main lounge, ch\u00e2teau de Sach\u00e9, \u00a9 photo Stevens Fr\u00e9mont.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Louis BOULANGER, Honor\u00e9 de Balzac,<\/em> oil on canvas, Tours Fine Arts Museum collection, 1836, \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sach\u00e9, Balzac's refuge<\/h2>\n
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I have come to take refuge here in the depths of a ch\u00e2teau, like\u00a0in a\u00a0monastery<\/span><\/div>\n
Honor\u00e9 de Balzac - Sach\u00e9 1831<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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Honor\u00e9 de Balzac was born in Tours in 1799 and moved to Paris when he was 14. Sach\u00e9 was more than a refuge from his creditors, it was also a \"monastery\" where he could write and recharge his batteries in the peace and quiet. The author suffered from heart and lung issues in the 1830s. His doctor, Dr. Nacquart, prescribed fresh air in his homeland<\/em> to recover from his hectic Paris schedule. Balzac's stays in Sach\u00e9 were peppered with long walks in the century-old woods on the estate, trips to visit local ch\u00e2teau owners and games of whist and backgammon with the owner Jean Margonne.<\/p>\n

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collections<\/h3>\n

Museum of France and Maison des Illustres, the Balzac Museum presents a collection of approximately 2,300 pieces (sculptures, paintings, prints, manuscripts, prints, drawings, photographs, printing equipment, furniture). Its vocation is to transmit and promote the memory of Honor\u00e9 de Balzac<\/p>\n

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Le Lys dans la Vall\u00e9e<\/h3>\n

Discover our website dedicated to the work of Balzac, whose plot is located in the idyllic setting of the Indre Valley.<\/p>\n

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