George Sand's house

Born in 1804, little Aurore Dupin was only 4 years old when she discovered the house in Nohant where her grandmother Marie Aurore, daughter of the famous Marshal of Saxony, lived. Very close to her granddaughter, she obtained custody of the estate on the death of her father and managed to pass on her passion for the Berry terroir and for this château, which she has occupied since 1793.
Married at a very young age to Casimir Dudevant, with whom she had 2 children, Maurice and Solange, the young Aurore quickly developed a passion for writing and set up a work space in the house in which she wrote the novels that would make her famous under the name of George Sand.
Remaining inseparable from her work, Nohant is a real anchor point that will enable her to go through many trials. Officially divorced and devastated by her separation from the writer Alfred de Musset, she regained full ownership of the house in 1837 and continued to write the most beautiful pages of her life.

Today, the house is as the writer left it. The many rooms open to visitors allow us to touch the intimacy of this great lady of literature. Nohant is the house of a lifetime: she spent her childhood there, raised her children, received her friends there and breathed her last on June 8, 1876.

The estate, managed by the Centre des monuments nationaux, is open to visitors and, from April 18 to November 22, 2026, is hosting an exhibition by photographer Flore, who has stayed there on several occasions. This residency gave rise to a unique exhibition consisting of about twenty large-format prints scattered throughout the park and garden, and 25 works displayed inside the house itself. Titled “I Am in Strange Worlds,” this exhibition is part of the celebration of the Bicentennial of Photography and explores the absence of Frédéric Chopin, as the writer erased all traces of the musician’s presence following their separation, yet the aura of her companion still lingers throughout the estate.