Description
Guided tour exploring architecture as an instrument of power, focusing on the Mansart dynasty, including the Château de Verneuil-sur-Indre, which Jean Mansart de Jouy designedthe Château de Verneuil-sur-Indre for the Chaspoux family between 1739 and 1756.
The Mansart family is undoubtedly the one that has had the greatest influence on classical architecture in France and abroad. The Château de Verneuil-sur-Indre, built for the Chaspoux family between 1739 and 1756, is one of the finest works by the last of the Mansarts: Jean Mansart de Jouy. The tour will highlight the stylistic and functional balance achieved by this brilliant dynasty in the service of the powerful figures of the Ancien Régime, who used architecture as an instrument of absolute power.
