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A romantic pleasure palace, Chenonceau was created from the Renaissance omwards by a series of aristocratic women. A mafnificient avenue border by plane trees leads to a symmetrical gardens nad the severe vision thata Flaubert praised as "Floating on Air and Water". The cheateau stretch across the river and with a 60m garden built over a series of arches, its elegant beauty reflected in the languid water. The grandeur continues inside with splendid furnished rooms , airy bedchambers and fine paintings and tape stries.
Chambord is truly royal- royal in its grand air, and its indifference to common consideration. The Loire's largest residence, brainchilds of the extravagant Francois I, began as a hunting lodge in the Foret de Boulogne. In 1519 the original building was razed and the creation of Chambord began, to a design probably initiated by Leonardo da Vinci. By 1537 the towers , keep and terraces had beem completed by 1800 men and two master mason. At one point, Francois suggested diverting the nearer Closson instead. His son Henry II continued his work, and Louis XIV completed the 440-roomed edifice in 1685.
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MontresorIt was classed "the most beautiful village in France".Montresor does not disapoint. It is set on the river Indrois, in the loveliest valley inthe Toraine. Once a fief at hte Catherale de Tours, the village became a Polish enclave in the 1840. |