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Chenonceau, small agricultural community in the department of Indre-et-Loire in northwestern France,18 miles east of Tours. Located on the Cher River. Chenonceau is best known as the site of the 16th-century Château de Chenonceau, which is situated on the north bank of the river.
In 1515 Thomas Bohier, revenue collector for King Francis I, began the construction of the Château de Chenonceau. Unfinished at the time of his death, construction of the château was completed by Bohier's wife and son. In 1535, however, Francis I took the estate in payment of debts. King Henry II, son of Francis I, gave the château to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, duchesse de Valentinois, who extended the structure by a bridge across the Cher. Catherine de Médicis, widow of Henry II, forced Diane de Poitiers to deed the château to her.
Catherine de Médicis constructed the gallery above the bridge and the stables known as the Bâtiment-des-Dômes. The château became her favorite residence, and it was there that her son Francis II and Mary, Queen of Scots, were married in 1560.
This is in the Green Study of Catherine de Medici. The tapestry is from 16th century and was inspired by the fauna and flora of the newly-discovered Americas.
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El castillo de Chenonceau (en francés, château de Chenonceau), también conocido como el castillo de las mujeres, es un castillo de estilo residencial del siglo XVI situado en la comuna francesa de Chenonceaux, en el departamento de Indre-et-Loire, y que forma parte de la serie de castillos comúnmente conocidos como castillos del Loira.