View from the northeast showing the chapel and the library (right) |
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 |
Sixteenth Century Farm-Farmer's residence |
Sixteenth Century Farm-Farmer's residence |
A vintage Bentley in the Carriage Gallery |
Commemorating the chateau's roll as a military hospital during the Great War |
Part of the chateau was used as a militay hospital during WW I
During World War I Gaston Menier, the chateau's owner at the time, set up the gallery to be used as a hospital ward During the Second War the château was bombed by the Germans in June 1940. It was also a means of escaping from the Nazi occupied zone on one side of the River Cher to the "free" zone on the opposite bank. Occupied by the Germans, the château was bombed by the Allies on 7 June 1944, when the chapel was hit and its windows destroyed.[
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The Gardens and farm of Château de Chenonceau |
The Gardens of Château de Chenonceau |
The Gardens of Château de Chenonceau |
The Gardens of Château de Chenonceau |
The Gardens of Château de Chenonceau |
The Gardens of Château de Chenonceau |
