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Today we pause in Boussay, a southern Touraine village whose stillness could be from any moment in the past century. Stone houses, gentle lanes and rooftops that curve softly. this is the Tourainie at its most timeless.
In Boussay, history is not declared; it is simply lived. The old stone walls and narrow streets carry the easy calm that defines this part of the Loire Valley.
“Some villages speak softly — Boussay is one of them.”
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.”
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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