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Must See

The grandeur continues inside
with splendidly furnished rooms,
airy bed chambers and wonderful
collections of fine paintings
and tapestries.

The elegant Grande Galerie
where Catherine de' Medici held
wild parties and lavish balls

1533 1730–99 1913
Marriage of Catherine Madame Dupin, a The château is
▼
de’ Medici (1519–89) “farmer­general’s” wife, bought by the
to Henri II (1519–59). makes Chenonceau a Menier family, the
Chenonceau becomes salon for artists, writers chocolatiers who
a royal palace. and philosophers. still own it today.
Timeline 1513 1575 1789 1941
Chenonceau is
▲ Thomas Bohier
Chenonceau
Louise de Lorraine
spared in the
(1554–1601)
chapel is
acquires medieval
Chenonceau. His
Revolution,
during a
wife, Catherine marries Henri III, bloody French damaged
Catherine’s third
Briçonnet, under­ and favourite son. thanks to bombing raid.
takes rebuilding it. Madame Dupin.
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