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Château de Chenonceau: View of the arches and east facade of the Pont de Diane over the River Cher

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

The gallery on the bridge spanning the Cher at the château (1576), was part of Bullant's scheme to add to the château's sense of scale by creating dramatic axial approaches. Built by Thomas Bohier 1515-1522. In 1560 Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, compelled her husband's mistress Diane de Poitiers to surrender the Château of Chenonceau (Indre-et-Loire) to her. The gallery on the bridge spanning the Cher at the château (1576-1577), was part of Bullant's scheme to add to the château's sense of scale by creating dramatic axial approaches.

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The gallery on the bridge spanning the Cher at the château (1576), was part of Bullant's scheme to add to the château's sense of scale by creating dramatic axial approaches. Built by Thomas Bohier 1515-1522. In 1560 Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, compelled her husband's mistress Diane de Poitiers to surrender the Château of Chenonceau (Indre-et-Loire) to her. The gallery on the bridge spanning the Cher at the château (1576-1577), was part of Bullant's scheme to add to the château's sense of scale by creating dramatic axial approaches.
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G. Massiot & cie
Circa 1910
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https://curate.nd.edu/show/m326m042f57

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