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Grand Salon, Musee Balzac, Chateau de Sache, Indre-et-Loire, France

Grand Salon, decorated in the early 19th century with trompe l'oeil wallpaper, the main living room on the first floor of the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Grand Salon, decorated in the early 19th century with trompe l'oeil wallpaper, the main living room on the first floor of the Chateau de Sache, a Renaissance manor house built 15th century, in Sache near Tours in the Loire Valley, France. Jean Margonne owned the building in the 19th century and Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, French novelist and playwright, stayed here many times from 1825 to 1840, working and writing. The chateau now houses the Musee Balzac and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen