Alain Delon could have acquired all the estates in France he wanted, but he chose Douchy in the Loiret. However, it was not the château that interested him, but another element of this vast property that caught his attention.
A successful actor, Alain Delon acquired several properties during his life. There is one, however, that has been much talked about and where he rests for eternity since his funeral on August 24, it is the Domaine de Douchy, located in Loiret, 130 km from Paris. It is a refuge that he built in this town and that he spotted more than five decades ago. A home that he transformed, with the help and energy of one of his companions, the late Mireille Darc, and where his many dogs can flourish, among them the faithful Loubo. Why this place precisely? In his very documented and fascinating book Alain Delon, a French destinyPhilippe Durant answers this question.
When he discovered Douchy at the end of the 1960s, at the end of a film shoot that took him into the meanders of the Loiret, Alain Delon fell in love with this piece of land that was not yet 120 hectares. In this place, which he would end up acquiring only three years later from the notary, is the Castle of the BurnerOr Joan of Arc would have stayed, just like NapoleonIII et EugenieAs full of history as the building is, it is in a pitiful state and he decides to have it destroyed.
As full of history as the building is, it is in a pitiful state and he decides to have it destroyed. Why did he buy…
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