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Jul 12, 2021 · The Château de Chenonceau, a famous French castle built over the River Cher [89x107]
Jul 22, 2022 · Château de Chenonceau. The Château de Chenonceau (French: [ʃɑto də ʃənɔ̃so]) is a French château spanning the river Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire. It is one of the best-known châteaux of the Loire Valley. The estate of Chenonceau is first mentioned in writing in the 11th century.
Jan 4, 2021 · Heya I wrote my senior thesis on Chenonceau. If anyone wants 30 pages of info I scoured for and translated from a very old French book (they used something that looked like an s for the f and it was truly dizzying) DM me and I’ll slide a copy over to anyone.
Jul 28, 2021 · The Château de Chenonceau was built in the 1400s, over the site of an old watermill. Within the next 120 years, it was destroyed, rebuilt, sold, destroyed again, rebuilt again, seized by the king, given to the king's mistress, and seized from the mistress by the queen.
Dec 29, 2021 · Henry II offered the château as a gift to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who became fervently attached to the château along the river. In 1555 she commissioned Philibert de l'Orme to build the arched bridge joining the château to its opposite bank.
Feb 21, 2022 · Château de Chenonceau, France upvotes ... Château de Brousse, Creuse, Nouvelle ...
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Mar 8, 2022 · Château de Chenonceau in the Loire Valley of ... Château de la Hunaudaye, Plédéliac, ...
Got some similar shots years ago in the pre-drone era. We did a hot air balloon (Montgolfiere to the French) outing that took off early in the morning nearby and drifted over Chenonceau. Fantastic experience. Champagne and croissants upon landing.
