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The Château de Saché is a French Renaissance manor house remodelled in the nineteenth-century taste by its owner at the time, Jean Margonne, who often hosted Honoré de Balzac there. It is located in the commune of Saché, west of Tours. From 1825 to 1848, Balzac stayed there about a dozen times, finding in its quiet and austerity, far from the turmoil of Parisian life and financial worries, the conditions that allowed him to work twelve to sixteen hours a day. The château has housed a museum devoted to the writer since 1951.
The château has been listed as a monument historique since 11 May 1932. Inside, Balzac's bedroom and the great salon have been classified as monuments historiques since 1968, and the dining room and its wallpaper decoration since 1983.
Saché traditionally takes its place among the châteaux of the Loire.