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Le château en bref
Founded in the 15th century by Jean I de Brosse, a comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc, the Château de Boussac overlooks the Petite Creuse from its rocky spur; it was built to protect the region from English incursions. In 1548, during the wedding of Charles de Luxembourg, the collapse of wooden balconies overloaded with guests caused numerous casualties. In the 19th century the château was rediscovered by George Sand, who, charmed by the building and its tapestries, wrote her novel «Jeanne» there in a small upstairs room whose window inspired the tragic ending of the story. Classified as a historic monument and open to visitors, the château today holds more than forty tapestries from the 15th century to the present day, some 500 carved walking canes, Nevers faience and 18th-century Persian pottery, the fruit of sixty years of restoration and furnishing carried out by Bernadette Blondeau and her late husband.