Château de Lalande (Indre)


Château de Lalande is a 16th-century château near Crozon-sur-Vauvre, Indre, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It was in the historic province of Berry up to 1790.

History

The château was once owned by Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, a cousin of Louis XIV known as "La Grande Mademoiselle".
The château has a separate private chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph, built in 1866.
In the mid-19th century it was visited by George Sand, who described this area as "la vallée noire".
It later became the hereditary property of the Marquises de Nadaillac. :fr:François-Louis_du_Pouget_de_Nadaillac|François-Louis du Pouget de Nadaillac escorted Marie Antoinette to France in 1770. The current owners bought Lalande from the de Nadaillac family in 2005.

Location

The "Chêne du Not", a historic massive oak tree, is found nearby.

Château de Lalande in popular culture

Lalande has featured in the UK TV series on Channel 4 and the French TV series Bienvenue chez nous on TF1.
Lalande is the subject of the YouTube series The Chateau Diaries.