Château d'Artigny

The current Château d'Artigny in Montbazon was built between 1912 and 1928 to serve as residence to perfumer François Coty. Since the late 1950s, the castle has been converted into a hotel.

Having originally been constructed as a fortress around the keep of Montbazon, an advanced bastion, during the Hundred Years' War, the Château d'Artigny was incorporated into the line of defences established along the river Indre. Jean d’Artannes captain governor of Montbazon, after whom a nearby village is named, owned it in the fifteen century. The name d’Artannes became over the centuries d’Artigny. It was subsequently altered in the Renaissance style during the 18th century. In the following century it passed in the hands of Joseph Testard de Bouranis, the king's treasurer, who replaced it with a new construction which survived the Revolution and was later modified into a Neo Renaissance style in the 19th Century.

Address
Rue de Monts 92, Montbazon, France

Established
1912-1928