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Centre-Val de Loire · Indre-et-Loire, France

Château de Villandry

The last of the great Renaissance châteaux built on the banks of the Loire, celebrated above all for its gardens: six terraced levels of ornamental parterres, water garden and the famous Renaissance potager, recreated from 1906 by Joachim Carvallo, whose descendants still own the estate.

Château de Villandry
Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

At a glance

Built
Completed c. 1536
Style
French Renaissance
Commissioned by
Jean Le Breton
Signature feature
The Renaissance ornamental kitchen garden (potager décoratif)
Gardens
Recreated from 1906 by Joachim Carvallo and Ann Coleman
Earlier history
Built around the medieval keep where Henry II of England and Philip Augustus made peace in 1189
Ownership
Privately owned by the Carvallo family
Visiting
Open to visitors year-round (gardens daily)