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Le château en bref
Château d'Azay-le-Ferron was built by Prégent Frotier at the end of the 15th century; one of its towers bears the date 1496. A new residence, a wing and a pavilion were added in 1638, combining defensive features from the 15th century with residential parts from the 17th century. The estate includes a formal French garden and a 17th-century landscape park, both remodelled in the 19th and 20th centuries. It passed to the de Cravant and then the de Breteuil families, whose daughter Gabrielle-Émilie was linked to Voltaire, before being acquired by the Luzarche family in 1852, who kept it until 1925. The wife of George Hersent then inherited it and bequeathed the estate to the city of Tours. Listed as a Monument Historique since 1950, the château, owned by the city of Tours, is open to visitors furnished as it was between 1850 and 1953.