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Origin and history

The château de la Crouzillière, located in Joué-lès-Tours (Indre-et-Loire), dates back to the 16th century, although its fief was attested in the 15th century under the dependence of the Plessis-lèz-Tours, then the Château de Tours. The seigneurial house, now extinct, was demolished in 1838, but two towers (north and southwest) and the ruins of a third (northeast) remain. An oratory, decorated with partial paintings, occupied the ground floor of the north tower. The dovecote, a cylindrical tower visible until 1949, has since disappeared, and the park was loti in 1974.

The castle belonged to a succession of influential lords, including councillors of the king, mayors of Tours, and treasurers of France. Among them, Jacques de Beaune, Baron de Semblançay and Mayor of Tours, or the Gaultier de Brûlon, family of treasurers and mayors of Tourangeaux. The site was listed as historical monuments on 6 March 1947 for its facades, roofs, towers, and vestiges of the gate and the escape (pigeon).

The protected elements include the facades and roofs of the residential building, the remaining towers, as well as the ruins of the door and the old escape. The castle illustrates the seigneurial architecture of the Renaissance in Touraine, marked by partial transformations and destructions in the 19th century. Its history also reflects the networks of local influence linked to the Royal Court and the provincial administration.

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