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Château de Bouges

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In 1917, the château was purchased by Henry Viguier and his wife, Renée Normant, who restored it, decorated and refurnished it. Viguier was the président-directeur-général of the Paris department store Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville. In addition to the château, he owned a Paris town house on the avenue
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The château has a park of eighty hectares, which include a landscape garden, an arboretum, a floral garden created in 1920, large greenhouses, and a formal French garden. It also includes large stables which were later used as garages by the last owners.
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Photos of the gardens, from the site of the French National Committee of Parks and Gardens
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at Saint-Patrice. Then chateau was purchased by Tunisian general Mahmoud Benaiad.
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The château and the park were location scenes in the film
78:. The château and gardens are open to the public. 280: 319:Monuments of the Centre des monuments nationaux 238:Jardin d'agrément et parc du château de Bouges 191:Jardin d'agrément et parc du château de Bouges 102:. In 1818, the château became the property of 304:Historic house museums in Centre-Val de Loire 314:Monuments historiques of Centre-Val de Loire 86:The château was built in 1765, probably by 47:is an 18th-century mansion in the town of 23:Facade and basin of the Château de Bouges 34: 26: 18: 281: 104:Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord 39:Flower Garden of the Château de Bouges 240:, Ministère français de la Culture. 227:, Ministère français de la Culture. 193:, Ministère français de la Culture. 174:, Ministère français de la Culture. 94:. The château was modeled after the 13: 70:and the gardens are listed by the 14: 330: 203: 106:, the former foreign minister of 212:, Centre des Monuments Nationaux 180: 161: 1: 154: 289:Châteaux of the Loire Valley 7: 10: 335: 81: 16:Historic mansion in France 76:Notable Gardens of France 64:. It is classified as a 122:Foch, a manor house in 40: 32: 24: 116:Château de Rochecotte 112:Dorothée de Courlande 38: 31:The Château de Bouges 30: 22: 265:47.04222°N 1.67306°E 100:Palace of Versailles 88:Ange-Jacques Gabriel 261: /  72:Ministry of Culture 67:monument historique 136:Le Colonel Chabert 108:Napoleon Bonaparte 60:of France, in the 41: 33: 25: 294:Châteaux in Indre 270:47.04222; 1.67306 225:Château de Bouges 210:Château de Bouges 172:Château de Bouges 49:Bouges-le-Château 45:Château de Bouges 326: 309:Museums in Indre 299:Gardens in Indre 276: 275: 273: 272: 271: 266: 262: 259: 258: 257: 254: 243: 230: 197: 196: 184: 178: 177: 165: 141:Gérard Depardieu 334: 333: 329: 328: 327: 325: 324: 323: 279: 278: 269: 267: 263: 260: 255: 252: 250: 248: 247: 241: 228: 206: 201: 200: 194: 185: 181: 175: 166: 162: 157: 126:and a villa in 84: 17: 12: 11: 5: 332: 322: 321: 316: 311: 306: 301: 296: 291: 245: 244: 231: 218: 213: 205: 204:External links 202: 199: 198: 179: 159: 158: 156: 153: 83: 80: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 331: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 295: 292: 290: 287: 286: 284: 277: 274: 239: 235: 232: 226: 222: 219: 217: 214: 211: 208: 207: 192: 188: 183: 173: 169: 164: 160: 152: 148: 146: 142: 138: 137: 131: 129: 125: 119: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 96:Petit Trianon 93: 89: 79: 77: 74:as among the 73: 69: 68: 63: 59: 58: 54: 50: 46: 37: 29: 21: 246: 234:Base Mérimée 221:Base Mérimée 187:Base Mérimée 182: 168:Base Mérimée 163: 149: 145:Fanny Ardant 134: 132: 120: 85: 65: 62:Loire Valley 55: 44: 42: 268: / 242:(in French) 229:(in French) 195:(in French) 176:(in French) 92:Châteauroux 57:département 283:Categories 155:References 256:1°40′23″E 253:47°2′32″N 51:, in the 124:Houlgate 98:at the 82:History 139:with 128:Grasse 53:Indre 143:and 43:The 285:: 236:: 223:: 189:: 170:: 147:.

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Bouges-le-Château
Indre
département
Loire Valley
monument historique
Ministry of Culture
Notable Gardens of France
Ange-Jacques Gabriel
Châteauroux
Petit Trianon
Palace of Versailles
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Napoleon Bonaparte
Dorothée de Courlande
Château de Rochecotte
Houlgate
Grasse
Le Colonel Chabert
Gérard Depardieu
Fanny Ardant
Base Mérimée
Château de Bouges
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Jardin d'agrément et parc du château de Bouges
Château de Bouges
Photos of the gardens, from the site of the French National Committee of Parks and Gardens
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