in the seventeeth century
louis xiv
The castle is built with an aisle across the river, hosting a large ball or reception room. The river served as a demarcation line between the occupied and the free zones in the first part of the German occupation during WWII, and some people willing to escape the occupied zone were smuggled through the ball room towards liberty. I beg to differ: The chateau that you describe is Chenonceau, not Azay-le-Rideau. Azay is built on an island in the Indre River which was NOT the border between Free France and Occupied France. In this region, the Cher River was the border, and Chenonceau does, indeed, have a large, long, grand gallery that fully straddles the river. The gallery was used both as a hospital ward for war wounded as well as an "escape route" for those fleeing Occupied France and going south into Free France.
King Louis XIV built the Palace of Versailles aka chateau in Versailles-1770.
Chateau de Vincennes
The Chateau of Chenonceau - 1913 was released on: USA: 10 June 1913
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The Chateau Chenonceau is a castle that was built over the Cher River in France.
Today, not one person owns the Chateau de Chenonceau as it is classified as a Monument historique. The castle is considered a major tourist attraction.
Chateau de Chenonceau was designed and supervised by a woman, Katherine Bricolet. Thomas Bohler, rebuilt the chateau to her specifications. It was completed in 1521. When Henri II came to power, he gave the chateau to Diane de Poitiers, his mistress. When Henri died, His wife, Catherine de Medici dispalced Diane and moved in to the chateau, adding her own touches.
The current day one was built in 1512 but there was one built before that was torched in 1412 but i can not find the date in which the original was built.
Château de Chenonceau was created in 1521.
It was built to be the home to the kings of France (;
King François
in the seventeeth century
In 1678 the renovation of the Chateau was started and Louis XIV moved in his entire court in 1682. It was built in 1624 as a hunting lodge.
Great Castles of Europe - 1993 Chenonceau was released on: USA: 1993