{"id":6393,"date":"2024-09-05T09:46:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T08:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=6393"},"modified":"2026-01-11T19:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:31:29","slug":"chenonceau-le-chateau-des-dames-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chenonceau-le-chateau-des-dames-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chenonceau: The Ladies' Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chenonceau-le-chateau-des-dames-2\/#Un_reflet_daujourdhui_sur_hier\" >A reflection of today on yesterday<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chenonceau-le-chateau-des-dames-2\/#Le_chateau_des_six_femmes\" >The castle of the six women<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chenonceau-le-chateau-des-dames-2\/#Potagers_et_Jardins\" >Kitchen and Garden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chenonceau-le-chateau-des-dames-2\/#Le_Batiment_des_Domes\" >The Dome Building<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Floating on the River Cher, this slate-capped tufa chateau raises its turrets and square chimneys to the sky... It springs up at the end of a large avenue of trees, light, luminous and transparent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cap-Adrenaline-Val-de-Loire-4-e1648032295409-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"La magie du ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceaux vu du ciel. Cap Adr\u00e9naline Val-de-Loire.\" data-rl_caption=\"La magie du ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceaux vu du ciel. Cap Adr\u00e9naline Val-de-Loire.\" title=\"The magic of Chenonceaux castle from the air. Cap Adr\u00e9naline Val-de-Loire.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cap-Adrenaline-Val-de-Loire-4-e1648032295409-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"The magic of Chenonceaux castle from the air. Cap Adr\u00e9naline Val-de-Loire.\" class=\"wp-image-6399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cap-Adrenaline-Val-de-Loire-4-e1648032295409-Copier.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cap-Adrenaline-Val-de-Loire-4-e1648032295409-Copier-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cap-Adrenaline-Val-de-Loire-4-e1648032295409-Copier-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cap-Adrenaline-Val-de-Loire-4-e1648032295409-Copier-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cap-Adrenaline-Val-de-Loire-4-e1648032295409-Copier-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cap-Adrenaline-Val-de-Loire-4-e1648032295409-Copier-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The magic of Chenonceau Castle from the air. Cap Adr\u00e9naline Val-de-Loire.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The ch\u00e2teau is not on the water's edge, but built right into the current of the Cher. Sitting in a canoe, what a pleasure to pass under its arches! You have to see Chenonceau from the water. Tufa stone, turrets, flowerbeds... and grace. It looks like a Venetian palace sailing through time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chenonceau : The Ladies&#039; Castle (Copyright Claudine Lasseur)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Vuso510EqU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This Renaissance masterpiece owes everything to women. Built in 1513 by Dame <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katherine_Bri%C3%A7onnet\">Katherine Bri\u00e7onnet<\/a>Bri\u00e7onnet, wife of Thomas Bri\u00e7onnet, notary and secretary to the king, the ch\u00e2teau was transformed by <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diane_de_Poitiers\">Diane de Poitiers<\/a>the Dauphin's mistress <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_II_(roi_de_France)\">Henry II<\/a>.  He offered it to her after the death of her father, Fran\u00e7ois 1er. Diane, 20 years his senior, had long refused his advances. Her beauty and even more her wit had captivated Henri, who was married to <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catherine_de_M%C3%A9dicis\">Catherine de Medici<\/a>. Catherine, of Florentine origin, had the two galleries built over the Cher. The ch\u00e2teau survived the Revolution with some difficulty. It was acquired by the industrialist <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Menier\">Henri Menier <\/a>in 1913 and passed to his brother Gaston on his death in September of the same year. This most visited of private ch\u00e2teaux is still run by the same family.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tufa stone structure is made up of three distinct parts: a two-storey main building, flanked by corner turrets. A 60-metre long gallery runs along the south fa\u00e7ade of the dwelling and rests on five arches spanning the Cher river. The older keep has been renamed the Tour des Marques. <br>Diane had the idea for the bridge and the five arches. The architect Philibert Delorme had the garden raised to protect it from flooding. It is adorned with a labyrinth of greenery and fruit trees.<br>The arches had not even been completed when the king died in a tournament. She had to cede the ch\u00e2teau to Queen Catherine de M\u00e9dicis in exchange for the ch\u00e2teau at Chaumont-sur-Loire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Un_reflet_daujourdhui_sur_hier\"><\/span><strong>A reflection of today on yesterday<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cuisine\u00a9dominique-couineau-cuisines-1-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Les cuisines sont install\u00e9es dans les \u00e9normes soubassements form\u00e9s par les deux premi\u00e8res piles assises dans le lit du Cher.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Les cuisines sont install\u00e9es dans les \u00e9normes soubassements form\u00e9s par les deux premi\u00e8res piles assises dans le lit du Cher.\" title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. The kitchens were installed in the enormous foundations formed by the first two piers sitting in the bed of the Cher.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cuisine\u00a9dominique-couineau-cuisines-1-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. The kitchens were installed in the enormous foundations formed by the first two piers sitting in the bed of the Cher.\" class=\"wp-image-6401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cuisine\u00a9dominique-couineau-cuisines-1-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cuisine\u00a9dominique-couineau-cuisines-1-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cuisine\u00a9dominique-couineau-cuisines-1-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cuisine\u00a9dominique-couineau-cuisines-1-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cuisine\u00a9dominique-couineau-cuisines-1-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cuisine\u00a9dominique-couineau-cuisines-1-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cuisine\u00a9dominique-couineau-cuisines-1-Copier.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. The kitchens were installed in the enormous foundations formed by the first two piers sitting in the bed of the Cher.<\/em> <em>\u00a9<\/em> Dominique Couineau.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>Let's go down to the kitchens, set in an archway over the bed of the Cher. The pantry is a low room with two cross vaults. There is a 16th century fireplace, and next to it is the bread oven. You can imagine maids peeling vegetables, kitchen staff around the stoves and a chef orchestrating everything.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9dominique-couineau-galerie-1-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Galerie du Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Lors du conflit mondial de 14-18, la galerie du ch\u00e2teau est transform\u00e9e en h\u00f4pital militaire pendant les 4 ann\u00e9es de guerre. \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.\" data-rl_caption=\"Galerie du Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Lors du conflit mondial de 14-18, la galerie du ch\u00e2teau est transform\u00e9e en h\u00f4pital militaire pendant les 4 ann\u00e9es de guerre. \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.\" title=\"Gallery of the Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. During the 14-18 world war, the gallery of the ch\u00e2teau was transformed into a military hospital for the 4 years of the war \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9dominique-couineau-galerie-1-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Gallery of the Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. During the 14-18 world war, the gallery of the ch\u00e2teau was transformed into a military hospital for the 4 years of the war \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.\" class=\"wp-image-6409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9dominique-couineau-galerie-1-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9dominique-couineau-galerie-1-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9dominique-couineau-galerie-1-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9dominique-couineau-galerie-1-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9dominique-couineau-galerie-1-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9dominique-couineau-galerie-1-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9dominique-couineau-galerie-1-Copier.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Gallery of the Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. During the 14-18 world war, the gallery of the ch\u00e2teau was transformed into a military hospital for the 4 years of the war \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>A two-storey fairytale gallery crosses the Cher. On the first floor, the Grand Gallery, 60 metres long and 6 metres wide, was built on the bridge of Diane de Poitiers and inaugurated in 1577 during the festivities given by Catherine de M\u00e9dicis. It is lit by 18 windows and has a floor tiled with tufa and slate. It is part of twentieth-century history, having been converted into a military hospital during the 1914-18 war.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Diane_de_Poitiers_2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Cette pi\u00e8ce fut la chambre de la favorite du Roi. Henri II, Diane de Poitiers, \u00e0 laquelle il avait fait don de Chenonceau. Zairon\/Commons.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Cette pi\u00e8ce fut la chambre de la favorite du Roi. Henri II, Diane de Poitiers, \u00e0 laquelle il avait fait don de Chenonceau. Zairon\/Commons.\" title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. This room was the bedroom of the King&#039;s favourite. Henri II, Diane de Poitiers, to whom he had donated Chenonceau. Zairon\/Commons.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Diane_de_Poitiers_2.jpg\" alt=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau.  This room was the bedroom of the King&#039;s favourite. Henri II, Diane de Poitiers, to whom he had donated Chenonceau. Zairon\/Commons.\" class=\"wp-image-6403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Diane_de_Poitiers_2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Diane_de_Poitiers_2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Diane_de_Poitiers_2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Diane_de_Poitiers_2-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Diane_de_Poitiers_2-34x24.jpg 34w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chenonceau Castle. This room, decorated with tapestries from Flanders, was the bedroom of King Henry II's favourite, Diane de Poitiers, to whom he had donated Chenonceau.\u00a9 Zairon\/Commons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A small passageway leads from this gallery to the bedroom of Diane de Poitiers, the favourite of King Henry II. The focal point: a large four-poster bed in blue damask. Ah, to laser across the centuries and sleep in Diane de Poitiers' bed, even if it's empty... Flaubert dreamt of this when he visited in 1847.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Galerie_Medicis_1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Au deuxi\u00e8me niveau, la Galerie M\u00e9dicis, \u00e9clair\u00e9e aussi de 18 fen\u00eatres, pr\u00e9sente une collection de peintures, tapisseries, mobilier et objets d\u2019art dont \u00ab Le ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau \u00bb, huile sign\u00e9e Pierre-Justin Ouvr\u00e9 (1806-1879). \u00a9 Zairon\/Commons.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Au deuxi\u00e8me niveau, la Galerie M\u00e9dicis, \u00e9clair\u00e9e aussi de 18 fen\u00eatres, pr\u00e9sente une collection de peintures, tapisseries, mobilier et objets d\u2019art dont \u00ab Le ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau \u00bb, huile sign\u00e9e Pierre-Justin Ouvr\u00e9 (1806-1879). \u00a9 Zairon\/Commons.\" title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. On the second level, the Galerie M\u00e9dicis, also lit by 18 windows, features a collection of paintings, tapestries, furniture and objets d&#039;art, including &quot;Le ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau&quot;, an oil painting by Pierre-Justin Ouvr\u00e9 (1806-1879) \u00a9 Zairon\/Commons.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Galerie_Medicis_1.jpg\" alt=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. On the second level, the Galerie M\u00e9dicis, also lit by 18 windows, features a collection of paintings, tapestries, furniture and objets d&#039;art, including &quot;Le ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau&quot;, an oil painting by Pierre-Justin Ouvr\u00e9 (1806-1879) \u00a9 Zairon\/Commons.\" class=\"wp-image-6411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Galerie_Medicis_1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Galerie_Medicis_1-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Galerie_Medicis_1-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Galerie_Medicis_1-600x438.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Galerie_Medicis_1-33x24.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. On the second level, the Galerie M\u00e9dicis, also lit by 18 windows, features a collection of paintings, tapestries, furniture and objets d'art, including \"Le ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau\", an oil painting by Pierre-Justin Ouvr\u00e9 (1806-1879) \u00a9 Zairon\/Commons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>Daydreaming can be a great source of melancholy. When we look at old portraits, we like to imagine all the beautiful ladies in their finery twirling around in ballets in front of gentlemen who, on occasion, \"swung\" their swords at each other. We'd like their lips to open and tell us about their love affairs, their voluptuousness. But they remain mute in their wooden frame.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-francois-1er-2-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Salon Fran\u00e7ois 1er. \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Salon Fran\u00e7ois 1er. \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.\" title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Salon Fran\u00e7ois 1er \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-francois-1er-2-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Salon Fran\u00e7ois 1er \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.\" class=\"wp-image-6412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-francois-1er-2-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-francois-1er-2-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-francois-1er-2-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-francois-1er-2-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-francois-1er-2-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-francois-1er-2-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-francois-1er-2-Copier.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Salon Fran\u00e7ois 1er \u00a9 Dominique Couineau.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The ch\u00e2teaux of the Loire Valley all bear the image of one (or more) of the kings who made them famous. Chenonceau has its Salon Fran\u00e7ois 1er, with a beautiful Renaissance fireplace and a sixteenth-century Italian cabinet, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ivory and engraved with a pen, that once belonged to the king of the same name. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-louis-XIV-2018-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Sur la chemin\u00e9e du salon Louis XIV, la Salamandre et l\u2019Hermine \u00e9voquent le souvenir du roi Fran\u00e7ois 1er et de la Reine Claude de France. Dominique Couineau.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Sur la chemin\u00e9e du salon Louis XIV, la Salamandre et l\u2019Hermine \u00e9voquent le souvenir du roi Fran\u00e7ois 1er et de la Reine Claude de France. Dominique Couineau.\" title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. On the mantelpiece in the Louis XIV salon, the Salamander and the Ermine evoke the memory of King Fran\u00e7ois 1st and Queen Claude of France. Dominique Couineau.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-louis-XIV-2018-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. On the mantelpiece in the Louis XIV salon, the Salamander and the Ermine evoke the memory of King Fran\u00e7ois 1st and Queen Claude of France. Dominique Couineau.\" class=\"wp-image-6414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-louis-XIV-2018-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-louis-XIV-2018-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-louis-XIV-2018-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-louis-XIV-2018-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-louis-XIV-2018-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-louis-XIV-2018-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHO\u00a9dominique-couineau-salon-louis-XIV-2018-Copier.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. On the mantelpiece in the Louis XIV salon, the Salamander and Ermine evoke the memory of King Fran\u00e7ois I and Queen Claude de France. Dominique Couineau.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le_chateau_des_six_femmes\"><\/span>The castle of the six women<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Chenonceau_Chambre-des-5-reines-13-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Chambre des cinq reines. \u00a9 Mich\u00e8le Lasseur.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Chambre des cinq reines. \u00a9 Mich\u00e8le Lasseur.\" title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Room of the five queens. Mich\u00e8le Lasseur.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Chenonceau_Chambre-des-5-reines-13-Copier-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Room of the five queens. Mich\u00e8le Lasseur.\" class=\"wp-image-6416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Chenonceau_Chambre-des-5-reines-13-Copier-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Chenonceau_Chambre-des-5-reines-13-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Chenonceau_Chambre-des-5-reines-13-Copier-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Chenonceau_Chambre-des-5-reines-13-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Chenonceau_Chambre-des-5-reines-13-Copier-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Chenonceau_Chambre-des-5-reines-13-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Chenonceau_Chambre-des-5-reines-13-Copier.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Room of the five queens. Mich\u00e8le Lasseur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>The vestibule is covered by a series of ribbed vaults, the keystones of which, offset from one another, form a broken line.<br>Take, for example, the staircase covered with a rampant ribbed vault intersecting at right angles, decorated with human figures, fruit and flowers. This was one of the first straight staircases built in France on the Italian model.<br>We arrive at the Chambre des Cinq Reines, named after the two daughters and three daughters-in-law of Catherine de M\u00e9dicis. The walls are hung with 16th-century tapestries from Flanders. The queens' coats of arms are inlaid in the coffered ceiling.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/France-001592_-_Catherine_de_Medicis_Bedroom_15474771991.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Chambre de Catherine de M\u00e9dicis. Dennis G. Jarvis\/Commons.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Chambre de Catherine de M\u00e9dicis. Dennis G. Jarvis\/Commons.\" title=\"Chenonceau Castle. Catherine de M\u00e9dicis&#039; bedroom. Dennis G. Jarvis\/Commons.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/France-001592_-_Catherine_de_Medicis_Bedroom_15474771991.jpg\" alt=\"Chenonceau Castle. Catherine de M\u00e9dicis&#039; bedroom. Dennis G. Jarvis\/Commons.\" class=\"wp-image-6422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/France-001592_-_Catherine_de_Medicis_Bedroom_15474771991.jpg 640w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/France-001592_-_Catherine_de_Medicis_Bedroom_15474771991-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/France-001592_-_Catherine_de_Medicis_Bedroom_15474771991-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/France-001592_-_Catherine_de_Medicis_Bedroom_15474771991-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/France-001592_-_Catherine_de_Medicis_Bedroom_15474771991-36x24.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Catherine de Medici's bedroom \u00a9 Dennis G. Jarvis\/Commons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>We'd like to know if these people had passions, anxieties and pleasures.<br>At Chenonceau, the charm of the days flows like the successive images of the kings, queens and favourites who have stayed there. Catherine de M\u00e9dicis could return and find her own room. She had the walls covered with tapestries and gilded Cordoba leather and the windows decorated with stained glass. You can still see the carved fireplace, the painted and gilded square coffered ceiling and the four-poster bed decorated with friezes. History is revisited like a house you think you know.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Gabrielle_dEstrees_4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Chambre de Gabrielle d&rsquo;Estr\u00e9e, grand amour du roi Henri IV. Zairon\/Commons.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Chambre de Gabrielle d&#039;Estr\u00e9e, grand amour du roi Henri IV. Zairon\/Commons.\" title=\"Chenonceau Castle. Bedroom of Gabrielle d&#039;Estr\u00e9e, King Henri IV&#039;s great love. Zairon\/Commons.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Gabrielle_dEstrees_4.jpg\" alt=\"Chenonceau Castle.  Bedroom of Gabrielle d&#039;Estr\u00e9e, King Henri IV&#039;s great love. Zairon\/Commons.\" class=\"wp-image-6424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Gabrielle_dEstrees_4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Gabrielle_dEstrees_4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Gabrielle_dEstrees_4-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Gabrielle_dEstrees_4-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceaux_Chateau_de_Chenonceau_Innen_Chambre_de_Gabrielle_dEstrees_4-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chenonceau Castle.  The bedroom of Gabrielle d'Estr\u00e9e, King Henri IV's great love. <em>\u00a9<\/em> Zairon\/Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>Chenonceau also boasts the bedroom of another favourite, the beautiful Gabrielle d'Estr\u00e9es: she was King Henri IV's great love and the mother of his legitimate son C\u00e9sar de Vend\u00f4me. The ceiling with its exposed joists, the floor, the fireplace and the furniture are all Renaissance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Potagers_et_Jardins\"><\/span>Kitchen and Garden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHOTOTEK-Chenonceau-VA-15024-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Les terrasses sur\u00e9lev\u00e9es, qui prot\u00e8gent le jardin des crues du Cher, semblent flotter sur l&rsquo;eau. DR.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. Les terrasses sur\u00e9lev\u00e9es, qui prot\u00e8gent le jardin des crues du Cher, semblent flotter sur l&#039;eau. DR.\" title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. The raised terraces, which protect the garden from flooding by the Cher, appear to float on the water. DR.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHOTOTEK-Chenonceau-VA-15024-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. The raised terraces, which protect the garden from flooding by the Cher, appear to float on the water. DR.\" class=\"wp-image-6418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHOTOTEK-Chenonceau-VA-15024-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHOTOTEK-Chenonceau-VA-15024-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHOTOTEK-Chenonceau-VA-15024-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHOTOTEK-Chenonceau-VA-15024-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHOTOTEK-Chenonceau-VA-15024-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHOTOTEK-Chenonceau-VA-15024-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PHOTOTEK-Chenonceau-VA-15024-Copier.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. The Jardin de Diane de Poitiers: a parterre \"on water\" (12,000 m\u00b2) made up of 8 large triangles of lawn separated by paths lined with flowers, boxwood, yew and shrubs. Its structure has remained unchanged since Diane created it. DR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Raised terraces protect the gardens from flooding by the Cher.<em> <\/em>The Potager des Fleurs is laid out in 12 squares bordered by apple trees and \"Queen Elisabeth\" stem roses. In an area of over a hectare, the estate's gardeners grow around a hundred varieties of cut flowers: 400 rose bushes, tuberoses, agapanthus, etc. Two old-fashioned greenhouses are used to grow hyacinth, amaryllis, narcissus and tulip bulbs and plant seedlings. And that's not all! In the formal gardens, 130,000 flower plants are grown. As for the Italian labyrinth, desired by Catherine de M\u00e9dicis, it is planted with 2,000 yew trees, with a living wicker gazebo at its centre...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le_Batiment_des_Domes\"><\/span>The Dome Building<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Apothicairerie-25-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"Apothicairerie du ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" data-rl_caption=\"Apothicairerie du ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. \u00a9 M. Lasseur.\" title=\"Apothecary&#039;s shop at the Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. M. Lasseur.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Apothicairerie-25-Copier-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Apothecary&#039;s shop at the Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. M. Lasseur. \" class=\"wp-image-6427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Apothicairerie-25-Copier-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Apothicairerie-25-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Apothicairerie-25-Copier-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Apothicairerie-25-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Apothicairerie-25-Copier-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Apothicairerie-25-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/\u00a9M.-Lasseur_Apothicairerie-25-Copier.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Apothecary's shop at the Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau. M. Lasseur. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>Chenonceau Castle has rediscovered its Cabinet des Sciences. Built by Catherine de M\u00e9dicis, this building with its \"imperial\" roof houses the Queen's Apothecary's and the Cave des D\u00f4mes. <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau\">Jean-Jacques Rousseau<\/a>who had a passion for botany, stayed at the Ch\u00e2teau de Chenonceau in autumn 1747. <em>\"We had a lot of fun in this beautiful place. The food was very good and I became as fat as a monk\".<\/em>he wrote in his <em>Confessions<\/em>. A laboratory was set up there. It was possible to use all kinds of instruments: Archimedes' screw or \"endless screw\" used to lift water, or powdered or granular solids. The experiments made the spectator think so that he could understand the laws of nature. In the middle of the 18th century, the taste for science and technology was surprising. With simple machines: levers, hoists, pulleys, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advice<\/strong><br>Since 2017, the Val de Loire area, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, includes the Chenonceau estate, ch\u00e2teau, gardens and park, the section of the Cher river spanned by the ch\u00e2teau, part of the village and the historic road linking Chenonceaux to Amboise.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chenonceau.com\">www.chenonceau.com<\/a><br>Guided video tour with iPod<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceau-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"Chenonceau (Copier)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"Chenonceau (Copy)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceau-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceau-Copier.jpg 614w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceau-Copier-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceau-Copier-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceau-Copier-480x600.jpg 480w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Chenonceau-Copier-19x24.jpg 19w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Chenonceau, the castle on the water<\/strong><br>J.P. Babelon , photographs by Benjamin Chelly<br>Albin Michel, 240 pp., 2018<br>This is the reference book on this jewel of the Renaissance, with a wealth of information on the history of the site, its construction, its owners... and 150 previously unpublished photographs, complemented by archive images.<br><strong>Jean-Pierre Babelon<\/strong>is a historian and a member of the Acad\u00e9mie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. He was awarded the Grand Prix National du Patrimoine in 1989.<br><strong>Benjamin Chelly<\/strong> is an architecture and design photographer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Text : <\/strong>Mich\u00e8le Lasseur<br><strong>Opening photo :<\/strong> Benjamin Chelly<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floating on the River Cher, this slate-capped tufa chateau raises its turrets and square chimneys to the sky... It rises from the bottom of a large avenue of trees, light, luminous and transparent. 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