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    THE TROGLODYTE CAVES

    AT THE MANOIR DE LA ROCHE MUSSET

    from the 15th and 16th centuries

    Consulting an official report of 1675 recording the state of La Roche Musset, it states: "To the north of the eastern courtyard, a superb rock in which the kitchens have been built and where there are a well, lodgings for a tenant farmer, a stable, a cowshed, storage spaces, a wine cellar and a press. At the northeast corner of the courtyard is a barn partly built into the rock, the front of which forms a protruding roof with a single slope."

     

    This description perfectly matches the present state of the place. Such caves or cellars are typical of the region, dug into the cliff-side running parallel to the Loire. Their specific configuration here played a significant part in the history of the Manoir de la Roche Musset. Originally, there was a trogolodytic dwelling in the cliff-face. The caves went on to serve as a shelter for "gents d’armes" ("armed people", i.e. guards) ensuring travellers’ protection on the road from Tours to Langeais.

     

    Thanks to their exceptional dimensions and facilities (notably a seven-metre-wide fireplace, dug from the rock), they are very much worth a visit. As to the 51 pigeon holes hewn into the cliff-face, they date back to the 16th century. The manor’s owners, who are great collectors, have turned one of the caves into a cabinet of curiosities, in the Renaissance spirit.

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