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Château de Chenonceau: Distant context view of gallery over the river and the Tour des Marques

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

Of the medieval building, only the keep on the right bank of the Cher, the 'Tour des Marques', survives, with 16th-century alterations. 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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Of the medieval building, only the keep on the right bank of the Cher, the 'Tour des Marques', survives, with 16th-century alterations. 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/mg74qj75j9x

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