Slate roofs, thick walls, houses and a church that could belong to another century. In Boussay, Southern Touraine, the village gathers quietly around its heart, unchanged enough that time feels optional rather than fixed.
The Château de Boussay, built in 1024, has stayed in the same family line since 1338 (via the Menou, then Becdelièvre by marriage). A thousand years of the same keys passed down, no sales, no seizures. Rare in France.
Who knew?
Apparently, Adam Fumée, linked to the Menou lineage, served as Louis XI's official poisoner ("empoisonneur patenté"). A dark twist in an otherwise quiet village history.
“Every town and village in the Loire Valley tells its story softly — in rooftops, stonework and narrow streets.”
Part of the “Towns & Villages of the Loire” Series
Each Tuesday, we visit one of the Loire Valley’s towns or villags of the Loire Valley — their streets, stories, and quiet beauty.
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