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The Port-Guyet mansion, located in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil in Indre-et-Loire, is a building whose origins date back to the 15th century, with major transformations in the 16th and 18th centuries. Originally, this estate belonged to Bourgueil Abbey and consisted of a house lined with moats, commons, and a chapel of which two Gothic arches remain. The site would have served as a hunting appointment, frequented by the poet Pierre de Ronsard, who would have crossed Marie Dupin, his agry mentioned in Les Amours. The house, rectangular, rests on a vaulted basement and has a pentuous roof with gables adorned with roundis, typical of the Bourgueil region.

The openings combine Renaissance styles (moulures, flat pilasters) and Gothic (window to the west, indoor fireplace). In the 18th century, a wing was added to the east, extending the building. The mansion, classified as a Historical Monument in 1975 for its facades and roofs, embodies the architectural and social evolution of the Touraine, between medieval heritage, poetic influence of the Renaissance, and subsequent adaptations.

The property, linked to local cultural life, also illustrates the role of abbeys in managing lands and seigneurial residences. Its history evokes the cynegetic practices and literary circles of the time, where nobility, clergy and artists meet. Today, the mansion remains a testimony of the exchanges between religious heritage, aristocratic power and poetic creation in the Centre-Val de Loire.

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