Recently I spent an afternoon in Montrésor with clients. I suggested it as part of their itinerary because it is one of the 'plus beaux villages de France' ('most beautiful villages of France').
A village cat making itself comfortable. No doubt the stone was warm from the sun, and the railing provided a handy 'box'.
A 19th century hydraulic ram (Fr. bélier hydraulique), to pump water from the river up to the chateau.
View of the chateau from the river Indrois.
View of the chateau from the river.
Looking up a street towards the church.
Looking at the natural rock that the chateau sits on.
One of many lovely roses in the village.
Statue of a young Polish soldier, Mieczislaw Kamienski by Jules Franceschi. Kamienski was killed in the Battle of Magenta in June 1859, at the side of Count Branicki, the owner of the chateau. The same bronze is on his tomb in Montmartre Cemetery.
The small sitting room, full of portraits of the women in the family, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
Outside the entrance to the chateau, looking towards the church.
White marble tomb of the Bastarnay family, with three effigies. They are Imbert de Bastarnay (lord of Montrésor in the 15th century), his wife Georgette de Montchenu and their son François. The couple are the maternal grandparents of Diane de Poitiers.
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