CASTLE OF MONTSOREAU-MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
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Built around 1450 in the bed of the Loire, this first Renaissance castle in France hosts temporary exhibitions
Built around 1450 in the bed of the Loire by Jean II de Chambes, advisor to Charles VII and Louis XI, and associate of Jacques Coeur, the Château de Montsoreau's Gothic-Renaissance architecture is truly impressive. It is the first Renaissance château in France, and the only Loire château built in the bed of the Loire, on Mont Soreau, a stone's throw from where the Vienne joins the Loire, at the crossroads of Anjou, Poitou and Touraine. More than 150 years after Alexandre Dumas, author of La Dame de Montsoreau, art collector Philippe Méaille fell under its spell... He took the initiative of creating a museum of contemporary art, with outstanding architecture and exhibition spaces. It's a radical, committed place, a temple to conceptual art, combined with a cultural program reflecting the creative expression of some of today's artists. Innovative, experimental, exciting for some, disconcerting, incomprehensible, questionable for others, always unexpected, the works presented in the château's vast halls leave no one indifferent, provided they have a particular sensitivity to contemporary creation. The Château de Montsoreau - Musée d'Art contemporain is the world's largest collection of works by the Art & Langage movement. It hosts two or three temporary exhibitions a year, as well as conferences.
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Certains éléments sont réellement surprenant, mais dans le décor tout est sublime
qui attireront les curieux et les amateurs du genre.
Autour se trouve un joli parc en bord de Loire idéal pendant les beaux jours
Jamais déçu, souvent surpris par les expositions et/ou les openings présentés dans de grands espaces permettant généralement une belle scénographie. Bref l’un des plus intéressants lieux de culture en Val de Loire.
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Après un excellent repas au restaurant Diane de Méridor, une petite visite de la ville s'impose. Intéressant parce que bâti en bord de Loire, le château ne mérite pas que l'on y aille exprès. Il faut dire qu'il y en a de tellement beaux en Val de Loire que l'on devient difficile...