Château de Brézé

The castle of Brézé is listed ancient monument since 1060.It has been transformed during the 16 th century and the 19 th.Today it's the residence of descendants of ancients lords.

If the castle of Brézé is single in more than one way, it is to its owner, the count de Colbert, that it must! This true Loire château is actually a castle under a castle. Indeed, under the castle of surface, built between XIe and XIXe centuries, is hiding place an incredible underground fortress and up to that point closed with the public. Surrounded by a team of specialists in museography and inheritance, Mr. De Colbert with decided to open its castle of the roofs until deepest of the undergrounds.

Surrounded by dried-up ditches (the deepest of Europe 18 metres and 13 metres wide), the sumptuous castle, built with the “tuffeau” extracted from the ditches, is an architectural jewel . The fortress is protected by imposing towers, old Renaissance residence where the “tuffeau” is like lace. You will find this wonderful harmony of strength and refinement at BREZE.

From the first home of Brézé lords, walking across the rounds way until the drawbridge, you will go for a walk in this block of “tuffeau” which make the underground fortress. During your walk round the ditches, you will discover an economic cave dwellers substructure, created from the 16 th century and which expanded the wealth of BREZE.