Initial construction fin XVe - début XVIe siècle (≈ 1625)
Main body and north wing built.
1767
Acquisition by the Duke of Choiseul
Acquisition by the Duke of Choiseul 1767 (≈ 1767)
Major transformations of the castle.
21 octobre 1947
Registration for historical monuments
Registration for historical monuments 21 octobre 1947 (≈ 1947)
Protection of facades, roofs and interior elements.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Fronts and roofs; the ground floor room with woodwork, with its painted ceiling and stone fireplace; escape; the North Gate (see Box C 115, 1885): registration by order of 21 October 1947
Key figures
Duc de Choiseul - Owner and patron
Transformed the castle in the 18th century.
Origin and history
The Château du Paradis, located in La Croix-en-Touraine (Indre-et-Loire), has been a monument to historical monuments since October 21, 1947. He was initially a fief dependent on the card seigneury. Its construction probably dates back to the late 15th or early 16th century. At that time, it included a main building body, adorned with pilaster-framed windows and equipped with a stair turret on the south façade, as well as a wing back northward, only the west wall of which remains today.
In 1767 the castle was acquired by the Duke of Choiseul, who undertook important transformations. He had the eastern wing rebuilt according to a more ambitious plan and extended the wing in return by two pavilions, before replacing them with north and south extensions in the same architectural style. Inside, a room on the ground floor keeps woodwork, a painted ceiling and a stone fireplace, transferred respectively from the Joyeuse d'Amboise and Chanteloup castle. A 16th century leak (pigeon) is still visible to the northeast of the estate.
The elements protected by the 1947 inscription include facades, roofs, the woodwork room, the escape and the north door. The castle thus illustrates the architectural evolution between Renaissance and Enlightenment, while preserving medieval remains and exceptional interior decorations. The exact address, 125 Paradises in La Croix-en-Touraine, confirms its anchoring in the local heritage of Touraine.
