Château de Chenonceau
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[edit] Exterior
[edit] Logis and gallery
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 Le château vu de nuit |
 Vue du château coté aval du Cher |
 Vue panoramique du château coté aval du Cher |
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 Vue du château de chenonceau |
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 Le château de chenonceau, view from boat |
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 North-eastern aspect |
 Northern facade 1851 |
 Northern facade in the evening |
 Northern facade |
 South side of the gallery |
 The Logis, north-eastern aspect before 1865 |
 North-eastern view |
 South-western aspect |
 Photo montage with the castle's situation before 1576 |
 Main entrance with balcony above |
 Portal |
 Left leaf of the portal |
 Right leaf of the portal |
 Entrance door |
 Bull's-eye window |
[edit] Tour des Marques
 Tour des Marques |
 Northern aspect |
 South-eastern aspect |
 Medieval well in front of the Tour des Marques |
 Southern aspect |
 Eastern aspect |
[edit] Other buildings
 Chancellerie |
 Chancellerie |
 Farm building |
 Former outbuildings |
[edit] Interior
[edit] Logis
 Chambre de François Ier |
 Chambre des cinq reines |
 Louise de Lorraine's room |
 Chambre de Louise de Lorraine |
 Bed in the Chambre de Louise de Lorraine |
 Castle chapel |
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 Insignias of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici at a fireplace |
 Fireplace in the Salon de Louis XIV |
 Fireplace in the Salon de Louis XIV |
 Ancient grafitti in the castle chapel |
 Fireplace in César de Vendôme's room |
 Coffered ceiling in Catherine de' Medici's library |
 Vestibule of the ground floor |
 Ceiling in Catherine de' Medici's library |
 Bed in Diane de Poitiers' room |
 Fireplace in Diane de Poitiers' room |
 Chambre de Catherine de Medicis |
 Salon de Louis XIV |
 Stairs |
 Vestibule on the top floor |
 Italian cupboard in the Salon de François Ier |
 Panelling of Louise de Lorraine's room |
 Right leaf of the door leading to the Salle des gardes |
 Left leaf of the door leading to the Salle des gardes |
 Floorground of the Salle des gardes |
 Dining hall for the servants |
 Fireplace in the Office |
 Cupboard in the Office |
 Fireplace in the kitchen |
 Former butchery |
 Kitchen stove |
 Spit Rotating Machine |
 Bed in Gabrielle d'Estrees' room |
[edit] Paintings
 The three graces by Jean-Baptiste van Loo |
 Diane de Poitiers as huntress by Francesco Primaticcio |
 Portrait of Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud |
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[edit] Gallery
 English: Gallery on the second floor
Français : Galerie du premier étage
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 Cropped version of the previous image |
 English: Gallery on the ground floor
Français : Galerie du rez-de-chaussé
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 English: Gallery on the ground floor
Français : Galerie du rez-de-chaussé
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 English: Gallery on the ground floor
Français : Galerie du rez-de-chaussé
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 Fireplace |
 Southern end wall |
 English: Gallery on the ground floor
Français : Galerie du rez-de-chaussé
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[edit] Galerie des Dames
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[edit] Gardens and park
[edit] Diane de Poitiers' garden
 View from Diane de Poitiers' garden, with the fountain in front |
 Diane de Poitiers' garden seen from the Logis |
 The château with Diane de Poitiers' garden |
 View from Diane de Poitiers' garden |
 Diane de Poitiers' garden |
 Entrance with drawbridge to Diane de Poitiers' garden |
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[edit] Catherine de' Medici's garden
 Catherine de Medici's garden seen from the Logis |
 Vue du Jardin de Catherine de Médicis depuis le château de chenonceau |
 View from Catherine de' Medici's garden |
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[edit] Park
 Moat beside the avenue |
 One of two sphinxes at the end of the avenue |
 Caryatids and atlantes in the park near the maze |
 One of two sphinxes at the end of the avenue |
 Tomb of Louise Dupin |
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[edit] Vegetables garden
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[edit] Drawings, engravings, paintings
 Old painting |
 Copper engraving by Jaques I Androuet du Cerceau |
 Floor plan of the château with its gardens, as planned but not realised by Catherine de' Medici |
 Old engraving, c. 1850 |
 Southern facade before 1555 |
 Ink drawing, before 1576 |
 Floor plan of the Logis and the gallery |
 Castle area |
 Floor plan of the Logis by Jaques I Androuet du Cerceau |
 Painting |
