© Elisabeth TrotignonLes prairies du Château
36600 Valençay
At the foot of Valençay Castle, with its venerable stone walls and the trees in its grounds, lie four meadows (40 ha); some are used for grazing cattle, whilst others are set aside for nature and all it has to offer: plants, some of which are rare, small ponds teeming with frogs and dragonflies, fish spawning grounds…
In this lush green landscape, history is all around you: the wash house, the mill stream, the ditch… all bear witness to the life that once thrived along the Nahon; in a meadow, the presence of a few lime trees serves as a reminder that, in Talleyrand’s day, the château’s grounds stretched all the way to the river… On one of the plots, a footpath has just been opened. It runs alongside the trees lining the watercourse and the Nahon, crossing – via a wooden walkway – a field of fragrant water mint. So close to the town, this site, designated a Sensitive Natural Area, offers an immersion in greenery, natural life and tranquillity.
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