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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