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Le pavilion de chasse Renaissance du roi Francis 1er, construit entre 1519 et 1547 par l’architecte da Cortona et ingéniere Nepveu. Connu pour son toit complexe, ses 420 chambres, son escalier à double colimaçon et sa réserve naturelle de 13000 acres. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, des œuvres d’art du Louvre ont été envoyées ici pour être conservées. -Beau Mec
I visited it on may 1989 when I was touring singing in a choir. We did sing inside this marvelous castle and our voices were expending all over as we faced the double helix stairway. @ Anon, if you can read «Beau Mec» text, he answered to you as it was intended to be the king François 1er hinting pavillon. At first the place was a swump and they had to drain it and had to assure that the ground below the furture castle could sustain the huge weight of it.
For the Sun Kings of France it was just a mere cottage :) The great influence on the French royal court on the rest of the royal courts of Europe cannot be underestimated in dress and manners. When the French Kings built Versailles every crown head in Europe had to have their own Versailles. Examples- Drottningholm in Sweden Herrenchiemsee in Bavaria, Sans Souci in Prussia, Het Loo in Holland, Laeken in Belgium, Caserta n Italy, La Granja in Spain, Queluz in Portugal, Zoliborz in Poland, Schönbrunn in Austria. And of course the hunting lodges- Stupinigi in Italy, Falkenlust in Germany, Sasvar in Hungary, Burg Hohenwerfen in Austria, Aranjuez in Spain. -Rj
That would make a perfect summer cottage, wouldn't it?
ReplyDeleteLe pavilion de chasse Renaissance du roi Francis 1er, construit entre 1519 et 1547 par l’architecte da Cortona et ingéniere Nepveu. Connu pour son toit complexe, ses 420 chambres, son escalier à double colimaçon et sa réserve naturelle de 13000 acres.
ReplyDeletePendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, des œuvres d’art du Louvre ont été envoyées ici pour être conservées.
-Beau Mec
Beau Mec - Thank you for that background information.
DeleteI visited it on may 1989 when I was touring singing in a choir. We did sing inside this marvelous castle and our voices were expending all over as we faced the double helix stairway.
ReplyDelete@ Anon, if you can read «Beau Mec» text, he answered to you as it was intended to be the king François 1er hinting pavillon.
At first the place was a swump and they had to drain it and had to assure that the ground below the furture castle could sustain the huge weight of it.
Didn’t know you’d taken photos of my holiday home Rick?
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Bob in 🇬🇧
Bob - *chuckle*
DeleteFor the Sun Kings of France it was just a mere cottage :)
ReplyDeleteThe great influence on the French royal court on the rest of the royal courts of Europe cannot be underestimated in dress and manners.
When the French Kings built Versailles every crown head in Europe had to have their own Versailles.
Examples- Drottningholm in Sweden
Herrenchiemsee in Bavaria, Sans Souci in Prussia, Het Loo in Holland, Laeken in Belgium, Caserta n Italy, La Granja in Spain, Queluz in Portugal, Zoliborz in Poland, Schönbrunn in Austria.
And of course the hunting lodges- Stupinigi in Italy, Falkenlust in Germany, Sasvar in Hungary, Burg Hohenwerfen in Austria, Aranjuez in Spain.
-Rj
Rj - That's quite the influence!
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