{"id":6302,"date":"2024-08-28T14:23:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=6302"},"modified":"2026-01-11T19:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:34:25","slug":"richelieu-cite-ideale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/richelieu-cite-ideale\/","title":{"rendered":"Richelieu : Ideal city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/richelieu-cite-ideale\/#Un_site_remarquable_aux_portes_du_val_de_Loire\" >A remarkable site at the gateway to the Loire Valley<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/richelieu-cite-ideale\/#Lempreinte_du_Cardinal_de_Richelieu\" >The imprint of Cardinal de Richelieu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/richelieu-cite-ideale\/#Lespace_Richelieu\" >Espace Richelieu<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>At the crossroads of Touraine, Anjou and Poitou, the town of Richelieu is a unique example of 17th-century town planning in France. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.Lasseur_entree-ville_5341-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Richelieu. L&rsquo;enceinte, cern\u00e9e de douves, et ses trois portes monumentales entourent la ville. Il en existe une quatri\u00e8me factice qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 construite pour respecter la sym\u00e9trie de la ville. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" data-rl_caption=\"Richelieu. L&#039;enceinte, cern\u00e9e de douves, et ses trois portes monumentales entourent la ville. Il en existe une quatri\u00e8me factice qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 construite pour respecter la sym\u00e9trie de la ville. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" title=\"Richelieu. The city wall, surrounded by a moat, and its three monumental gates surround the town. A fourth dummy gate was built to maintain the town&#039;s symmetry. M. Lasseur.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.Lasseur_entree-ville_5341-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Richelieu. The city wall, surrounded by a moat, and its three monumental gates surround the town. A fourth dummy gate was built to maintain the town&#039;s symmetry. M. Lasseur.\" class=\"wp-image-6308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.Lasseur_entree-ville_5341-Copier.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.Lasseur_entree-ville_5341-Copier-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.Lasseur_entree-ville_5341-Copier-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.Lasseur_entree-ville_5341-Copier-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.Lasseur_entree-ville_5341-Copier-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.Lasseur_entree-ville_5341-Copier-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Richelieu. The city wall, surrounded by a moat, and its three monumental gates surround the town. A fourth dummy gate was built to maintain the town's symmetry. M. Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Situated in the Indre-et-Loire department, the town, or rather the market town (population 1,700), is surrounded by ramparts protected by a moat, and takes the form of a rectangle measuring approximately 600 metres by 400 metres. You enter through one of the three gates. The village is listed as a historic monument, but remains a lively, inhabited place.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eglise_et_place_de_Richelieu-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Eglise et place de la ville de RIchelieu. Daniel Clauzier, Commons.\" data-rl_caption=\"Eglise et place de la ville de RIchelieu. Daniel Clauzier, Commons.\" title=\"Church and square in the town of RIchelieu. Daniel Clauzier, Commons.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eglise_et_place_de_Richelieu-Copier-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Church and square in the town of RIchelieu. Daniel Clauzier, Commons.\" class=\"wp-image-6320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eglise_et_place_de_Richelieu-Copier-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eglise_et_place_de_Richelieu-Copier-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eglise_et_place_de_Richelieu-Copier-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eglise_et_place_de_Richelieu-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eglise_et_place_de_Richelieu-Copier-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eglise_et_place_de_Richelieu-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Eglise_et_place_de_Richelieu-Copier.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Church and town square in Richelieu. Daniel Clauzier, Commons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Armand-Jean du Plessis, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armand_Jean_du_Plessis_de_Richelieu\">Cardinal de Richelieu<\/a> (1585-1642), a powerful prince and minister of King Louis XIII, whom Aramis in The Three Musketeers refers to as the \"Red Duke\", had a project. To build a new town on the site of his family's castle. In 1631, he obtained permission from King Louis XIII to build a \"walled and moated town\". And on the site of the family property where he had spent his childhood, a castle surrounded by a vast park (475 hectares) surrounded by walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He commissioned the star architect of the day to build it: <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Lemercier\">Jacques Lemercier<\/a> (1585-1654), who designed the dome of the Sorbonne and the Palais Royal in Paris. And he gave it a name that sounds like a trumpet: Richelieu (rich place).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Un_site_remarquable_aux_portes_du_val_de_Loire\"><\/span>A remarkable site at the gateway to the Loire Valley<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/16_Parc-de-richelieu_julie-bernier_2032-08-03_high-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Parc de l&rsquo;ancien ch\u00e2teau de Richelieu d\u00e9truit au d\u00e9but du XIXe si\u00e8cle. Julie Bernier.\" data-rl_caption=\"Parc de l&#039;ancien ch\u00e2teau de Richelieu d\u00e9truit au d\u00e9but du XIXe si\u00e8cle. Julie Bernier.\" title=\"Park of the former Ch\u00e2teau de Richelieu, destroyed in the early 19th century. Julie Bernier.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/16_Parc-de-richelieu_julie-bernier_2032-08-03_high-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Park of the former Ch\u00e2teau de Richelieu, destroyed in the early 19th century. Julie Bernier.\" class=\"wp-image-6314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/16_Parc-de-richelieu_julie-bernier_2032-08-03_high-Copier.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/16_Parc-de-richelieu_julie-bernier_2032-08-03_high-Copier-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/16_Parc-de-richelieu_julie-bernier_2032-08-03_high-Copier-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/16_Parc-de-richelieu_julie-bernier_2032-08-03_high-Copier-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/16_Parc-de-richelieu_julie-bernier_2032-08-03_high-Copier-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/16_Parc-de-richelieu_julie-bernier_2032-08-03_high-Copier-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Park of the former Ch\u00e2teau de Richelieu, destroyed in the early 19th century \u00a9 Julie Bernier.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Regularity and symmetry are the hallmarks of this remarkably well-preserved \"ideal city\", now a listed site. Richelieu gave a number of plots of land in the future \"Grande Rue\" to his friends, the nobles in his entourage. They were required to build a town house within two years, in accordance with precise rules designed to preserve the architectural harmony of the street. 28 town houses were built (14 on each side). Each end of the street led to a square: Place Cardinale (now Place du March\u00e9) and Place Royale (now Place des Religieuses). This is an exceptional example of town planning, with its chestnut-timbered covered market halls, 17th-century church, ramparts and the park that once housed the castle...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lempreinte_du_Cardinal_de_Richelieu\"><\/span>The imprint of Cardinal de Richelieu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Richelieu-5-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"Sculpture repr\u00e9sentant Armand6jean du Plessis, cardinal de Richelieu, rev\u00eatu du manteau cardinalice. L&rsquo;avant-bras droit est repli\u00e9 pour pointer du doigt le ciel. Oeuvre du sculpteur Claude Ramey, 19e. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" data-rl_caption=\"Sculpture repr\u00e9sentant Armand6jean du Plessis, cardinal de Richelieu, rev\u00eatu du manteau cardinalice. L&#039;avant-bras droit est repli\u00e9 pour pointer du doigt le ciel. Oeuvre du sculpteur Claude Ramey, 19e. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" title=\"Sculpture representing Armand6jean du Plessis, Cardinal of Richelieu, wearing the cardinal&#039;s mantle. The right forearm is bent to point to the sky. Work by sculptor Claude Ramey, 19th century. M. Lasseur.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Richelieu-5-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Sculpture representing Armand6jean du Plessis, Cardinal of Richelieu, wearing the cardinal&#039;s mantle. The right forearm is bent to point to the sky. Work by sculptor Claude Ramey, 19th century. M. Lasseur.\" class=\"wp-image-6310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Richelieu-5-Copier.jpg 566w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Richelieu-5-Copier-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Richelieu-5-Copier-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Richelieu-5-Copier-442x600.jpg 442w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Richelieu-5-Copier-18x24.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sculpture representing Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu, wearing the cardinal's mantle. The right forearm is bent to point to the sky. Work by the sculptor <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_Ramey\">Claude Ramey<\/a>, 19e. M. Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>The shadow of this great man hangs over the town like a benefactor. Everything sings the praises of its founder: a statue, a museum and plaques to thank him for his generosity.<br>To have his court near him, the old du Plessis family ch\u00e2teau was no longer up to the task. It was demolished and replaced by a building worthy of its rank: with a fa\u00e7ade over 110 metres long, preceded by a courtyard of honour surrounded by porticoed galleries... and parkland surrounded by 7 km of walls. The ch\u00e2teau, adorned with two hundred antique statues, inspired Versailles. For La Fontaine <em>\"The whole is of a magnificence and grandeur worthy of the man who built it\".<\/em>.<br>Confiscated during the Revolution and stripped of its furniture and works of art, it was returned in 1804 by Napoleon I to Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, and his two half-sisters. Due to a disagreement between the heirs, the estate (ch\u00e2teau and 400 hectares of parkland) was bought a year later by an estate agent, who demolished the ch\u00e2teau and sold the stones.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/18_Place_Halles_Richelieu-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"Richelieu. Place du march\u00e9 avec les Halles. L&rsquo;autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 des Halles donne sur la Place Louis XIII.\" data-rl_caption=\"Richelieu. Place du march\u00e9 avec les Halles. L&#039;autre c\u00f4t\u00e9 des Halles donne sur la Place Louis XIII.\" title=\"Richelieu. Place du march\u00e9 with Les Halles. The other side of the Halles opens onto Place Louis XIII.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/18_Place_Halles_Richelieu-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Richelieu. Place du march\u00e9 with Les Halles.  The other side of the Halles opens onto Place Louis XIII. \" class=\"wp-image-6317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/18_Place_Halles_Richelieu-Copier.jpg 512w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/18_Place_Halles_Richelieu-Copier-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/18_Place_Halles_Richelieu-Copier-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/18_Place_Halles_Richelieu-Copier-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/18_Place_Halles_Richelieu-Copier-16x24.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Richelieu. Place du march\u00e9 with Les Halles.  The other side of the Halles opens onto Place Louis XIII. <\/em>DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>What remains today is the main entrance to the west, the horse riding arena (known as \"the dome\"), the cellars and the orangery. Passing through the side entrance, greet the statue of Richelieu and follow the chestnut tree-lined path to the rose garden, the former site of the ch\u00e2teau. This site has been listed as a historic monument since 1930. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>That same year, Armand, Marquis de Jumilhac, Duke of Richelieu, without an heir, bequeathed the estate to the University of Paris, in memory of the Cardinal, Principal and Renovator of the Sorbonne. The bequest was subject to one condition: the park (around 100 hectares of the 475 hectares) had to be opened to the public.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lespace_Richelieu\"><\/span>Espace Richelieu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC_0544a-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"Richelieu. Cour int\u00e9rieure de l&rsquo;h\u00f4tel particulier qui h\u00e9berge l&rsquo;Espace Richelieu.\" data-rl_caption=\"Richelieu. Cour int\u00e9rieure de l&#039;h\u00f4tel particulier qui h\u00e9berge l&#039;Espace Richelieu.\" title=\"Richelieu. Courtyard of the private mansion that houses Espace Richelieu.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC_0544a-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Richelieu. Courtyard of the private mansion that houses Espace Richelieu.\" class=\"wp-image-6323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC_0544a-Copier.jpg 605w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC_0544a-Copier-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC_0544a-Copier-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC_0544a-Copier-473x600.jpg 473w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC_0544a-Copier-19x24.jpg 19w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Richelieu. Courtyard of the private mansion that houses Espace Richelieu.<\/em> <em>\u00a9<\/em>DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can go back in time and see the 3D reconstruction of the ch\u00e2teau in the Espace Richelieu, housed in one of the former mansions lining the Grande Rue. The main staircase, grand gallery, currency room, Cardinal's flats, flats of the King, the Queen and her ladies-in-waiting... What once existed is no more. <br>The town house at 28, Grande Rue was listed as a historic monument in 1992. It was built on land donated by the Cardinal, according to a standard plan drawn up by the architect Jacques Lemercier. The actor <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G%C3%A9rard_Klein_(acteur)\">G\u00e9rard Klein<\/a> bought it in 1996 and had it completely restored. The municipality of Richelieu acquired it in May 2005 to create an interpretation centre on this remarkable town, on the vanished castle reconstituted in 3D and on the cardinal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parc-richelieu.fr\">www.parc-richelieu.fr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ville-richelieu.fr\">www.ville-richelieu.fr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourist Office - Place du March\u00e9<br>37120 Richelieu \/ 02 47 58 13 62<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azay-chinon-valdeloire.com\">www.azay-chinon-valdeloire.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Text : <\/strong>Mich\u00e8le Lasseur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the crossroads of Touraine, Anjou and Poitou, the town of Richelieu is a unique example of 17th-century town planning in France. 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