Petit Musee Vigny, Le Maine Giraud, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Petit Musee Vigny, in the former dining room, exhibiting documents, photographs and paintings of Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, 1797-1863, French poet, writer, playwright and Romantic, at Le Maine Giraud, a 16th century manor house and country estate, in Champagne-Vigny, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The property belonged to Alfred de Vigny 1827-63, who restored it and bought the surrounding land, and later to Louise Lachaud, who ran a Parisian literary salon. In 1938 it was bought by the Durand family who planted the vineyard and produce pineau and cognac. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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