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The Château de Chenonceau 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.
The Cher (Occitan: Char) is a river in central France, left tributary to the river Loire. Its source is in the Creuse département, north-east of Crocq. It joins the river Loire in Villandry, west of Tours.
The river suffered a devastating flood in 1940, which damaged Château de Chenonceau, which spans the river, and other structures along the banks.
Le Cateau de Chenonceau, France. During WWI the battle lines moved a few times and one of those times the "Lines" ran down the center of this river, hence right through the center of the Chateau. Chenonceau was also used as a WWI hospital.
The Chateau of Chenonceau, located in the small village of Chenonceaux, is the third most visited chateau in France. Also known as the "chateau of the ladies" for its string of female owners, including Catherine de Medici and Diane de Poitier. The two rivals were the wife and mistress, respectively of Henry II. After her husband's death, Catherine de Medici kicked out her husband's mistress and took over the chateau. This view is from Catherine de Medici's garden.
Chenonceaux, France
Château de Chenonceau was built in 1515-1521. It was built across the Cher River, east of Tours. It fell into the hands of the French crown. King Henri II gave it to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers. After Henr1's death in 1959, his widow, Catherine de Medici, took the chateau. Each of these ladies created a large garden, which still has her name. Chenonceau has been owned since 1913 by the Menier family, which is known for chocolates. The chateau is called Chenonceau, but the nearby village is Chenonceaux.
The Chenonceau castle
Le château de Chenonceau
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CHENONCEAU
O nome, lindo, sempre me seduziu, assim como a história deste castelo francês.
Afinal, o que de mais extraordinário poderia haver do que um castelo construído sobre um rio?E com uma sala de baile retangular?
Aos poucos, durante anos, foi ele tecendo sua mágica teia sobre mim.
Decido conhecê-lo, finalmente.
O que mais me impressiona, de início, é a magnífica aléia da entrada. Calculo que o arco formado pelas árvores atinja, aproximadamente, uns quinze metros de altura, escondendo por completo o céu! Perfeito, como só a natureza sabe fazê-lo!
Eis o castelo... caminho por sobre aqueles assoalhos maravilhosos...reflito e vibro...(afinal, tudo que era somente virtual torna-se real para mim!)
Chego, então, à sala de baile.Uma revelação contida numa pequena placa me toca: durante a guerra, ela se transformara em hospital, abrigando mais de 2200 feridos!
Visualizo as cenas que aquele mármore branco e ardósia feito chão presenciou...Dor e alegria, pungente contraste! risos a se contraporem a lágrimas... queixumes a abafar juras de amor...o êxtase da dança se opondo à dor do sofrimento!
Percebo, então, claramente, a finalidade maior daquele espaço privilegiado:acolher o corpo e a alma!
(Os apreciadores do sublime prazer da dança, ao conjugar o etéreo da música com a liberdade do corpo, bem sabemos: sublime, também, é oferecer amor aos que sofrem!)
...o sentimento que nutria por este local não era sem fundamento: mágico, é ele testemunha do paradoxal da vida!
Le château de Chenonceau depuis la rive gauche de la rivière "Le Cher".
The castle of Chenonceau from the left bank of the river "Cher".
bertrand and elizabeth left for the coast from chambord, and we went on to chenonceau in our trip around the valley.