ThomasCarroll235's Gallery
2015-09-07-Chenonceaux, FR-Château de Chenonceau
We started the day with a visit to the magnificent Chateau de Chenonceau, situated on the Cher RIver about 11 miles from Amboise, near the village of Chenonceaux. We spent most of the morning touring the chateau, it's extensive gardens and farm. The chateau was initially constructed between 1514-1522.
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Approaching the château under a sylvan canopy
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Approaching the château
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Approach to the entrance of Château de Chenonceau
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Tom in the château's forecourt in front of the Marques Tower
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The Marques Tower To build the chateau in the 16th century, Thomas Bohier and his wife Katherine Briconnet demolished an old fortified castle and mill belonging to the Marques family and left standing only the keep, the Marques Tower, which they restored in the Renaissance style.
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Domes Gallery
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The moat in front of the château
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The Chancellerie
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Château de Chenonceau
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Detail-The Marques Tower
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The Marques Tower
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Georgia near the moat
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The Marques Tower
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Garden of Catherine de Médicis, a one time regent of France
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The chateau's main door Made of sculpted wood and painted, it bears, on the left, the arms of Thomas Bonhier and on the right, those of his wife Katherine Briconnet, the builders of Chenonceau.
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Motif over the fireplace of the Guard's Room-The arms of the chateau's builder, Thomas Bohier
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The Guard's Room In this room were the men-at-arms charged with protecting the royal family. Hanging on the walls is a series of 16th century Flanders tapestries.
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The deeply coffered ceiling of the Guards Room
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The château's chapel The stained glass window's are 20th century made by master glassworker, Max Ingrand. The original stained glass was destroyed by bombs in 1944.
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The château's chapel
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A sun spangled wall in the chapel
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Diane de Poitier's bedroom This was the bedroom of King Henry II's favorite lady, Diane de Poitiers, to whom he donated the chateau.
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Diane de Poitier's bedroom-Fireplace detail The fireplace by Jean Goujon, French sculptor from the Fontainbleau School, is engraved with the initials of Henri II and Catherine de Medici
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View of Diane's garden across the moat
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View of the Chancellerie, slighty warped as seen through the old glass
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Translation: "Here 2,245 wounded were cared for during the war 1914-1918" Part of Château de Chenonceau served as a field hospital during World War I
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The gallery over the bridge
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The Pantry with two intersecting rib vaults This is the largest fireplace in the chateau. To the right of it is the bread oven
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A Boar's Head surveys the pantry
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Cooking Hearth in the dining room used by chateau staff
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The larder, where produce was stored
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Detail-Louis XIV Drawing Room On the Renaissance fireplace, the Salamander and the Stoat bring back the memory of King Francois I and Queen Claude
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The Hall The hall is covered with a series of rib vaults where the keys, detatched from one another, form a broken line.
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The Marques Tower
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Diane de Poitier's garden fringed by the moat
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Diane's garden
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Wood carving of Christ in the Medici Gallery
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Cellar and Domes Gallery
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Château de Chenonceau from Diane's garden
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Château de Chenonceau from Diane's garden
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The Marques Tower from Diane's Garden The medieval keep is the last vestige of the previous château, located in what is now the forecourt, still surrounded by moats
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The Domes Gallery and Chancellerie from Diane's Garden
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Château de Chenonceau from Diane's garden
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The Château de Chenonceau, on the Cher River.
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Outside of the gallery spanning the Cher River
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View from the northeast showing the chapel and the library (right)
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The Chancellerie The Chancellerie, once the house of Catherine de Medici's estate steward, looks out over Diane's garden.
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Sixteenth Century Farm On the grounds of the estate is a superb group of 16th century farm buildings.
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Sixteenth Century Farm-The water tower
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Sixteenth Century Farm-Farmer's residence
Approaching the château under a sylvan canopy
Approach to the entrance of Château de Chenonceau
Tom in the château's forecourt in front of the Marques Tower
The moat in front of the château
Garden of Catherine de Médicis, a one time regent of France
Motif over the fireplace of the Guard's Room-The arms of the chateau's builder, Thomas...
The deeply coffered ceiling of the Guards Room
A sun spangled wall in the chapel
Diane de Poitier's bedroom
Diane de Poitier's bedroom-Fireplace detail
View of Diane's garden across the moat
View of the Chancellerie, slighty warped as seen through the old glass
Translation: "Here 2,245 wounded were cared for during the war 1914-1918"
The gallery over the bridge
The Pantry with two intersecting rib vaults
A Boar's Head surveys the pantry
Cooking Hearth in the dining room used by chateau staff
The larder, where produce was stored
Detail-Louis XIV Drawing Room
Diane de Poitier's garden fringed by the moat
Wood carving of Christ in the Medici Gallery
Château de Chenonceau from Diane's garden
Château de Chenonceau from Diane's garden
The Marques Tower from Diane's Garden
The Domes Gallery and Chancellerie from Diane's Garden
Château de Chenonceau from Diane's garden
The Château de Chenonceau, on the Cher River.
Outside of the gallery spanning the Cher River
View from the northeast showing the chapel and the library (right)
Sixteenth Century Farm-The water tower
Sixteenth Century Farm-Farmer's residence
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