CHENONCEAU CASTLE
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The "Château de Chenonceau" (Chenonceau Castle) is a manor house near the small village of Chenonceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire, département of the Loire Valley, in France. It was built on the site of an old mill on the River Cher, sometime before its first mention in writing in the 11th century. The current manor was designed by the French Renaissance architect Philibert Delorme.
Built in 1513 by Katherine Briçonnet, embellished by Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medici, saved during the French Revolution by Louise Dupin, it is also called the Ladies Castle.
Furnished castle, it's decorated with rare tapestries and old paintings, flowers in every season, set with several ornamental gardens, a park and a vineyard.
The castle is the subject of a classification as a subject of historical monuments in the list of 1840. The park is subject to a classification as a historic monument since November 7, 1962.
An architectural mixture of late Gothic and early Renaissance, Château de Chenonceau and its gardens are open to the public. Other than the Royal Palace of Versailles, Chenonceau is the most visited château in France.
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