Talcy (Loir-et-Cher)
Talcy is a commune of 262 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Loir -et -Cher in the Centre region. It is located about 20 kilometers northeast of Blois and is thus at the outer edge of the Loire Valley in the fertile Beauce.
Domain as the origin
Talcy was in 1221, when it was a Seigneurie, first mentioned. The domain belonged to that time, in which also the roots of today's castle Talcy go back, the family originating from Beaugency St. Lazare.
History of the castle's
The actual history of the castle begins with the Florentine merchant and banker Bernard Salviati, who acquired the estate in 1517, but to exercise without manorial rights. He was in the service of Francis I., and was by marriage a relative of Catherine de Medicis. Any modifications and extensions he gave the palace its present outer shape.
The castle, located right in the place looks rather simple and very strict to the outside, while the courtyard is similar to a large estate. It has also become known less for its architecture but also its inhabitants. Two pretty daughters of the owner's family Salviati went as muses of the writer Pierre de Ronsard and Théodore Agrippa d' Aubigné in the literary history: Cassandre Salviati and her niece Diane.
1562 played the Talcy castle for a few days a large role in French history, because there met on 28 and 29 June the Regent Catherine de Medici and her still underage son Charles IX. with representatives of the Huguenots as Antoine de Bourbon and Louis I de Bourbon to the so-called Conference of Talcy. During this meeting, the two parties tried unsuccessfully to put an end to the conflicts between Catholics and Huguenots in the French Kingdom.
The French government is guaranteeing the existence
Until 1667, the plant remained in the possession of the Salviati, later owned three generations of the family Burgeat. The last owner was Valentine Stapfer, sister of the Swiss diplomat Philipp Albert Stapfer. After she died at an old age, the heirs sold the property in 1933 to the French State, in the sales contract but that the resulting furniture, wallpaper and tapestries were not allowed to be removed from the lock. This contract clause that the estate is its exceptionally complete interiors.
Other points of interest
Located next to the castle is the church of Saint- Martin, an aisled hall building with a polygonal choir end of the 16th century: Window with tracery in the Flamboyant style; Bells from the 16th century; Altar and altarpiece from the 18th century.
In the vicinity of Talcy there is the " Menhir de la Sixtre ". In addition, residues found by buildings from Gallo-Roman times. At the entrance stands a preserved, typical for the region windmill.
Saint-Martin church - interior
Windmill Received
Evening sky over Talcy