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However, we didn't go in<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9W7N5B3HhI/AAAAAAAAALA/JBKfoQdMZ58/s1600/P1270799.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9W7N5B3HhI/AAAAAAAAALA/JBKfoQdMZ58/s400/P1270799.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464479570205285906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9W7NSga-xI/AAAAAAAAAK4/GEzwMeJourM/s1600/P1270797.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9W7NSga-xI/AAAAAAAAAK4/GEzwMeJourM/s400/P1270797.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464479559864482578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9W7NAn7ynI/AAAAAAAAAKw/UDuGwIQNNGc/s1600/P1270798.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9XNieFAC3I/AAAAAAAAALo/HxWtMe6IE_w/s400/P1270673.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464499714957249394" /></a><br />A really nice stroll around the grounds of the castle... <div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Ws0LflSoI/AAAAAAAAAKY/spm4USURo1g/s1600/P1270676.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Ws0LflSoI/AAAAAAAAAKY/spm4USURo1g/s400/P1270676.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464463735322397314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Wsz-uIRHI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/FqcmEo6JKcI/s1600/P1270685_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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Take it from Alex!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WszGrURgI/AAAAAAAAAKA/Pw6J1qwdV1o/s1600/P1270677_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WszGrURgI/AAAAAAAAAKA/Pw6J1qwdV1o/s400/P1270677_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464463716849567234" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7280633850455521402-8520850495895270186?l=leschateauxenfrance4ever2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Leesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407051698770569963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280633850455521402.post-47082536817245761642010-04-26T08:06:00.001-07:002010-04-26T08:07:21.373-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WsJHhydXI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/_9xJ1gChg-M/s1600/P1270663_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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What a fireplace!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WR3dlj7VI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/64O0Pvh7W-A/s1600/P1270555.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRxNLAoTI/AAAAAAAAAGI/g7ikpSRYwNQ/s1600/P1270559.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRxNLAoTI/AAAAAAAAAGI/g7ikpSRYwNQ/s400/P1270559.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464433997419422002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRwomw5FI/AAAAAAAAAGA/c2TaQTLqoJI/s1600/P1270560.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 341px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRwomw5FI/AAAAAAAAAGA/c2TaQTLqoJI/s400/P1270560.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464433987603719250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRwa9s5jI/AAAAAAAAAF4/i591f5rcnDI/s1600/P1270558.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRwa9s5jI/AAAAAAAAAF4/i591f5rcnDI/s400/P1270558.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464433983941830194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRwGx6cAI/AAAAAAAAAFw/tO7teRHvsHI/s1600/P1270557.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRwGx6cAI/AAAAAAAAAFw/tO7teRHvsHI/s400/P1270557.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464433978523676674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRv-ifODI/AAAAAAAAAFo/J4-QE3JNDPg/s1600/P1270556.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WRv-ifODI/AAAAAAAAAFo/J4-QE3JNDPg/s400/P1270556.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464433976311494706" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9WR3dlj7VI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/64O0Pvh7W-A/s400/P1270555.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464434104904969554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7280633850455521402-5816719556136477308?l=leschateauxenfrance4ever2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Leesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407051698770569963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280633850455521402.post-15379801836077999462010-04-25T23:16:00.000-07:002010-04-25T23:25:34.726-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">Text taken from Wikipedia</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9UwAV7zTsI/AAAAAAAAAE4/UvynHfn9Wew/s400/P1270531.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464326505330069186" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uw-AAOppI/AAAAAAAAAFY/94n36UQbIwY/s1600/P1270547.jpg"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The first </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-fort" title="Château-fort" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">château-fort</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on this site between </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blois" title="Blois" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blois</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amboise" title="Amboise" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Amboise</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> was a primitive fortress built by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudes_II" title="Eudes II" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Eudes II</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Blois" title="Count of Blois" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Count of Blois</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, in the 10th century with the purpose of protecting Blois from attacks from his </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism" title="Feudalism" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">feudal</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> rivals, the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counts_of_Anjou" title="Counts of Anjou" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">counts of Anjou</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. On his behalf the</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_people" title="Norman people" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Norman</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Gelduin received it, improved it and held it as his own. His great-niece Denise de Fougère, having married Sulpice d'Amboise, the château passed into the family of Amboise for five centuries. The castle was burned to the ground in 1465 in accordance with </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XI_of_France" title="Louis XI of France" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Louis XI</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'s orders and was later rebuilt by Charles I d'Amboise from 1465-1475 and then finished by his son, Charles II d'Amboise de Chaumont from 1498-1510, with help from his uncle, Cardinal </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_d%27Amboise" title="Georges d'Amboise" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Georges d'Amboise</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">; some </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_architecture" title="Renaissance architecture" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Renaissance features</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> were to be seen in buildings that retained their overall medieval appearance.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Château de Chaumont was purchased by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de_Medici" title="Catherine de Medici" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Catherine de Medici</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in 1560, a year after her late husband </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France" title="Henry II of France" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Henry II</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'s death. There she entertained numerous astrologers, among them </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus" title="Nostradamus" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nostradamus</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9UwAGSTSoI/AAAAAAAAAEw/xfzFZ2Pkt3g/s1600/P1270528.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9UwAGSTSoI/AAAAAAAAAEw/xfzFZ2Pkt3g/s400/P1270528.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464326501129472642" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In 1559 she forced </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_de_Poitiers" title="Diane de Poitiers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Diane de Poitiers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, her late husband's long-term mistress, to exchange the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chenonceau" title="Château de Chenonceau" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Château de Chenonceau</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for the Château de Chaumont. Diane de Poitiers only lived at Chaumont for a short while.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uv_sf2cZI/AAAAAAAAAEo/imqAjpuq-V0/s1600/P1270539.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uv_sf2cZI/AAAAAAAAAEo/imqAjpuq-V0/s400/P1270539.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464326494206980498" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In 1594, at the death of Diane' grand-daughter Charlotte de la Marck, the chateau passed to her husband the vicomte de Turenne,</span><sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chaumont#cite_note-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">]</span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> who sold it to a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_farmer" title="Tax farmer" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">tax farmer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Largentier, who had grown rich on gathering in the salt tax called the </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabelle" title="Gabelle" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">gabelle</span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Largentier eventually being arrested for peculation, the chateau and the title of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">sieur de Chaumont</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> passed into a family originating at </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucca" title="Lucca" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lucca</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, who possessed it until 1667, when it passed by family connections to the seigneurs de Ruffignac.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uv_XZRzJI/AAAAAAAAAEg/gUJzcqBjfXs/s1600/P1270532.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uv_XZRzJI/AAAAAAAAAEg/gUJzcqBjfXs/s400/P1270532.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464326488542268562" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The duc de Beauvilliers</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chaumont#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">]</span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> bought the chateau in 1699, modernized some of its interiors and decorated it with sufficient grandeur to house the duc d'Anjou on his way to become king of Spain in 1700. His eventual heir was forced to sell Chaumont to pay his debts to a </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AEtre_des_requ%C3%AAtes" title="Maître des requêtes" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">maître des requêtes ordinaire</span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to Louis XV, Monsieur Bertin, who demolished the north wing built by Charles II d'Amboise and the Cardinal d'Amboise, to open the house towards the river view in the modern fashion.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uv-xl2U2I/AAAAAAAAAEY/d_aIyHDw_i0/s1600/P1270549.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uv-xl2U2I/AAAAAAAAAEY/d_aIyHDw_i0/s400/P1270549.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464326478394446690" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In 1750, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Donatien_Le_Ray" title="Jacques-Donatien Le Ray" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jacques-Donatien Le Ray</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> purchased the castle as a country home where he established a glassmaking and pottery factory. He was considered the French "Father of the American Revolution" because he loved America. </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Benjamin Franklin</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> was never a guest at the castle. His grandson, Temple, was. However, in 1789, the new </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">French Revolutionary</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Government seized Le Ray's assets, including his beloved Château de Chaumont.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uw-AAOppI/AAAAAAAAAFY/94n36UQbIwY/s1600/P1270547.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uw-AAOppI/AAAAAAAAAFY/94n36UQbIwY/s400/P1270547.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464327564594947730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_de_Sta%C3%ABl" title="Madame de Staël" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Madame de Staël</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> later acquired the château in 1810. The comte d'Aramon bought the neglected château in 1833, undertook extensive renovations under the architect Jules Potier de la Morandière of Blois, who was later inspector of the works at the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blois" title="Château de Blois" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">château de Blois</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">;</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chaumont#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">]</span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> M. d'Aramon installed a museum of medieval arts in the "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tour de Catherine de Médicis</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">".</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uw9xd0unI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/ffkuc_kOCPQ/s1600/P1270546.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uw9xd0unI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/ffkuc_kOCPQ/s400/P1270546.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464327560692546162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">By 1851 the "Chaumont suite"</span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chaumont#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">4</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">]</span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of early-16th century Late Gothic tapestries with subjects of courntry life emblemmatic of the triumph of Eternity, closely associated with Chaumont and now at the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Museum_of_Art" title="Cleveland Museum of Art" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cleveland Museum of Art</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, was still hanging in the "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chambre de Catherine de Médicis</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"; the tapestries had been cut and pieced to fit the room.</span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chaumont#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">5</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">]</span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Marie-Charlotte Say, heiress to the Say sugar fortune,</span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chaumont#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">6</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">]</span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> acquired Chaumont in 1875.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uw9o7hSqI/AAAAAAAAAFI/cY_1LlnB_sw/s1600/P1270545.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uw9o7hSqI/AAAAAAAAAFI/cY_1LlnB_sw/s400/P1270545.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464327558401182370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Later that year, she married </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broglie" title="Broglie" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Amédée de Broglie</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, who commissioned the luxurious stables in 1877 to designs by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Sanson" title="Ernest Sanson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Paul-Ernest Sanson</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, further restored the chateau under Sanson's direction and replanted the surrounding park in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_garden" title="English garden" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">English naturalistic landscape fashion</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uw9QclQ5I/AAAAAAAAAFA/BElj4ECiGG4/s400/P1270544.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464327551828968338" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Uw9QclQ5I/AAAAAAAAAFA/BElj4ECiGG4/s1600/P1270544.jpg"></a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The castle has been classified as a </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_historique" title="Monument historique" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Monument historique</span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> since 1840 by the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Ministry_of_Culture" title="French Ministry of Culture" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">French Ministry of Culture</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chaumont#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">7</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">]</span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> In 1938 the government took over the ownership. The Château de Chaumont is currently a museum and every year hosts a Garden Festival from April to October where contemporary garden designers display their work in an English-style garden.</span><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chaumont#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">8</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">]</span></span></a></sup></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7280633850455521402-1537980183607799946?l=leschateauxenfrance4ever2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Leesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407051698770569963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280633850455521402.post-39075689161602416082010-04-25T14:54:00.000-07:002010-04-25T22:17:25.489-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S7dihNh9I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/VTXJuUqcddY/s1600/P1270524.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6-2CgdfI/AAAAAAAAADo/B8h_qxq7Bes/s1600/P1270518.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6YB9VGHI/AAAAAAAAADI/VxUCdJomOcQ/s1600/P1270515.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6YB9VGHI/AAAAAAAAADI/VxUCdJomOcQ/s400/P1270515.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464197169912551538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6X5fi96I/AAAAAAAAADA/KJXIkp4QZR4/s1600/P1270512.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6X5fi96I/AAAAAAAAADA/KJXIkp4QZR4/s400/P1270512.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464197167640147874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6XAuw87I/AAAAAAAAAC4/7Qj8fEE8Wok/s1600/P1270513.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6XAuw87I/AAAAAAAAAC4/7Qj8fEE8Wok/s400/P1270513.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464197152403157938" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6Wwask9I/AAAAAAAAACw/TcNuxaBQel8/s1600/P1270514.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6Wwask9I/AAAAAAAAACw/TcNuxaBQel8/s400/P1270514.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464197148024017874" /></a><br /><div>The bedchamber</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6-2CgdfI/AAAAAAAAADo/B8h_qxq7Bes/s1600/P1270518.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9S6-2CgdfI/AAAAAAAAADo/B8h_qxq7Bes/s400/P1270518.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464197836727940594" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7280633850455521402-3907568916160241608?l=leschateauxenfrance4ever2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Leesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407051698770569963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280633850455521402.post-1930688345307091142010-04-25T13:55:00.000-07:002010-04-25T22:17:10.142-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SvGtenHvI/AAAAAAAAACo/nB4eUelkgeg/s1600/P1270507.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SufkK__DI/AAAAAAAAACg/hcF8lAx3lWQ/s1600/P1270509.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SufkK__DI/AAAAAAAAACg/hcF8lAx3lWQ/s400/P1270509.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464184105216244786" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SufNMMSXI/AAAAAAAAACY/sHe_G3RFQu4/s1600/P1270505.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SufNMMSXI/AAAAAAAAACY/sHe_G3RFQu4/s400/P1270505.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464184099047229810" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Sue3FHxSI/AAAAAAAAACQ/iGe5FGpgfkw/s1600/P1270508.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9Sue3FHxSI/AAAAAAAAACQ/iGe5FGpgfkw/s400/P1270508.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464184093111993634" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SuecMdCtI/AAAAAAAAACI/yzo2bZX31Y4/s1600/P1270510.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SuecMdCtI/AAAAAAAAACI/yzo2bZX31Y4/s400/P1270510.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464184085894990546" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SueN_BcTI/AAAAAAAAACA/vaAhumpJcbw/s1600/P1270511.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SueN_BcTI/AAAAAAAAACA/vaAhumpJcbw/s400/P1270511.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464184082080559410" /></a> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div>I really enjoyed this castle... So fairy tale like!</div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9StS0QLemI/AAAAAAAAAB4/ovZeAuG5Cyo/s400/P1270497.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464182786683009634" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9StSuezZaI/AAAAAAAAABw/iUQn_EWtEwM/s1600/P1270499.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9StSuezZaI/AAAAAAAAABw/iUQn_EWtEwM/s400/P1270499.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464182785133733282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9StScKBb-I/AAAAAAAAABo/KaHYA8acwW0/s1600/P1270501.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9StScKBb-I/AAAAAAAAABo/KaHYA8acwW0/s400/P1270501.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464182780214734818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9StSElhB1I/AAAAAAAAABg/E_zi9PrIBoA/s1600/P1270503.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9StSElhB1I/AAAAAAAAABg/E_zi9PrIBoA/s400/P1270503.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464182773887600466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9StRx03FNI/AAAAAAAAABY/ryuULSlmJL0/s1600/P1270498.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9StRx03FNI/AAAAAAAAABY/ryuULSlmJL0/s400/P1270498.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464182768851686610" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SvGtenHvI/AAAAAAAAACo/nB4eUelkgeg/s400/P1270507.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464184777729318642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7280633850455521402-193068834530709114?l=leschateauxenfrance4ever2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Leesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407051698770569963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280633850455521402.post-56005076284022693922010-04-25T13:46:00.001-07:002010-04-25T13:54:44.430-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqpiapLtI/AAAAAAAAABQ/s3QVbmvGkNc/s1600/P1270490.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqpiapLtI/AAAAAAAAABQ/s3QVbmvGkNc/s400/P1270490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464179878497169106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqpaT74OI/AAAAAAAAABI/1VAf1Omn1mE/s1600/P1270492.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqpaT74OI/AAAAAAAAABI/1VAf1Omn1mE/s400/P1270492.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464179876321550562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqpPovmeI/AAAAAAAAABA/wW3VVURkxAM/s1600/P1270493.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqpPovmeI/AAAAAAAAABA/wW3VVURkxAM/s400/P1270493.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464179873456036322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqouFMtLI/AAAAAAAAAA4/rYz32Eev2kE/s1600/P1270494.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqouFMtLI/AAAAAAAAAA4/rYz32Eev2kE/s400/P1270494.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464179864448578738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqoaT4oKI/AAAAAAAAAAw/hvvD9-qQSYE/s1600/P1270495.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tpN8a88R0Zo/S9SqoaT4oKI/AAAAAAAAAAw/hvvD9-qQSYE/s400/P1270495.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464179859141468322" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>and surrounding area...</div><div><br /></div><div>We didn't go in... but we had lunch in Amboise and I shot a few pictures of the exterior of the castle.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7280633850455521402-5600507628402269392?l=leschateauxenfrance4ever2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Leesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407051698770569963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280633850455521402.post-27773390975757524372010-04-25T13:24:00.000-07:002010-04-25T13:26:11.352-07:00Hi Everyone!<div><br /></div><div>I decided to create a new blog devoted to the lovely castles in the Loire Valley. It's a beautiful region and it's filled with many beautiful castles... Please enjoy this blog as I enjoyed visiting the castles and taking pictures to blog about! </div><div><br /></div><div>Leesa</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7280633850455521402-2777339097575752437?l=leschateauxenfrance4ever2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Leesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407051698770569963noreply@blogger.com0