Loire Valley - Chateaux of the Loire Valley, Chateau de Chenonceau, Chateau de Blois, Chateau de Chambord, Chateau D'Amboise, Chateau D'Angers (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Chateaux of the Loire Valley, Chateau de Chenonceau, Chateau de Blois, Chateau de Chambord, Chateau d'Amboise, Chateau d'Angers, Chateau de Cheverny, Chateau de Saumur, Chateau de Loches, Chateau de Chaumont, Chateau d'Usse, Chateau de Langeais, Chateau de Villandry, Chateau de Montsoreau, Chateau de la Bourdaisiere, Anjou wine, Chateau de Troussay, Chateau d'Azay-le-Ferron, Chateau de Rochecotte, Chateau du Rivau, Chateau de Menars, Chateau de Chinon, Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, Chateau de Goulaine, Chateau de Clermont, Chateau de Valencay, Musee Maurice Dufresne, Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau, Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire, Chateau de Bouges, Chateau de Chateaudun, Chateau de Talcy, Chateau de Serrant, Milly-le-Meugon, Chateau de Plessis-lez-Tours, Chateau de Beauregard, Loire Valley, Chateau de Montrichard, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, Chateau de Montgeoffroy, Chateau du Lude, Chateau de Breze, Chateau d'Apremont. Excerpt: The Chateau de Chenonceau (French: ) is a manor house near the small village of Chenonceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire departement 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 original second edition manor was torched in 1411 to punish owner Jean Marques for an act of sedition. He rebuilt a castle and fortified mill on the site in the 1430s. Subsequently, his indebted heir Pierre Marques sold the castle to Thomas Bohier, Chamberlain for King Charles VIII of France in 1513. Bohier destroyed the existing castle and built an entirely new residence between 1515 and 1521; the work was sometimes overseen by his wife Katherine Briconnet, who delighted in hosting French nobility, including King Francis I on two occa...