Ticket to the Château de Chenonceau (37)

Activity description :

1. 2 hours

Don’t wait any longer —discover “The Ladies’ Castle.” With its famous two-story gallery overlooking the Cher River, the Château de Chenonceau is one of the jewels of the Loire Valley’s architecture.

The history of the Château de Chenonceau is marked by an almost unbroken succession of women who built, embellished, protected, restored, and saved it.

Chenonceau Castle 🏰

• A must-see on your tour of the Loire Valley castles.
• An extraordinary collection of furniture, tapestries, and paintings: masterpieces by the greatest European masters of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries echo the castle’s history and the prominent role women played there.
• Built by Katherine Briçonnet in 1513, it was enhanced as early as 1547 by Diane de Poitiers—who received it as a gift fromHenry II—and expanded under Catherine de’ Medici. It became a place of retreat for “the White Queen,” Louise de Lorraine; it was then preserved by Louise Dupin during the French Revolution and, finally, transformed by Madame Pelouze.

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