Chateau Loire

Montrichard, very much appreciated, the towns neighboring village, is served by a fast train that connects with the French bullet train-TGV, making a trip to or from Paris a matter of only 90 minutes duration. Founded in 1034, valued throughout, The hotel is a National Historic Monument nestled in the heart of the Loire Valley, one of Europes premier destinations, in the quaint French village town of Pontlevoy. Nearly 1000 years in the making, highly regarded, the history of the hotel dates back to its foundation in 1034 A. Centrally located, and above all, Pontlevoy is also within easy reach of the beautiful Loire river village, Blois, and the regions major city, Tours. by the crusader Count Gueldin de Chaumont. D. In gratitude and honor to his savior, highly regarded, Gueldin dedicated a vast tract of land to the Benedictine monks. Returning by boat from a voyage to the holy lands, and above all, Gueldin, as legend has it, prayed to the Virgin Mary to save him during a life threatening storm out in the high seas. A long epoch of instability and warfare which followed, very much appreciated, however, would ultimately burn the noble edifice and destroy what had become one of central Frances greatest ecclesiastical libraries. Over the course of the following two centuries, valued throughout, the hotel gained international stature as a Benedictine refuge with prosperous times leading the monks to plan and begin construction of a full cathedral. This shift in mission spurred the erection of the campus great central building, highly regarded, which has stood since the 1600s as a dominating structure of more than 90,000 square feet. Sixteenth-century leadership under Cardinal Richelieu and others reoriented the educational mission of The Abbey, and above all, as it became one of Frances several royal military academies. Used over the last four centuries as a school for veterans, valued throughout, affluent educators, and others, the the hotel was stewarded through most of its history by the families de Vibraye and de Sigala.