les chateaux de la france
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Les Châteaux de la France
Culture CaféNCVPS
Le 18 mars
Mme Haselhorst
map Les Châteaux are located along the Loire
River. They were mostly summer homes of the royalty and nobility- especially after François Ier moved the courts back to Paris.
House of Valois: (1328-1589) Charles XII Louis XI CharlesVIII Orléans-Angoulême:1515-1589 François Ier- 1515-1547 (Amboise, Blois, Chambord) Henri II- 1547-1559 (Amboise, Cheverny, Chaumont, Chenonceau) François II Charles IX Henri III Bourbon: 1589-1792 Henri IV Louis XIII Louis XIV (Le Palais de Versailles) Louis XV Louis XVI 1er Republique: 1792-1804 (La Révolution Française) Napoléon Bonaparte
Les Rois de France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0mzCXlOMHU
Une vidéo
Blois (video) 13th-17th CenturyCounts of BloisDuc d’Orléans- 1391Louis XII- favoriteGothic and RenaissanceFrançois I- 1515- was going to move to Blois from Amboise. Built a new wing with spiral staircaseRansacked during French Revolution
Cheverny (video: 1:10) Henri II gave it to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who sold it back to the former owner’s family.
The family (Hurault) still owns it and opened it to the public in 1922.
It’s decorated in the style of the 17th century.
A pack of 70 hunting dogs are still there.
Founded in the 10th Century as a fortress, destroyed, rebuilt in the 15th Century.
Aquired by Catherine de Médici in 1560. After Henri II’s death, she forced Diane de Poitiers to switch castles with her in 1559.
Donated to the government in 1938- is a museum.
Chaumont (video: 2:00)
Original built in 1430- destroyed except for the keep.
Henri II gave it to Diane de Poitiers. She built the arched bridge.
Henri II’s wife, Catherine de Médici forced her to move to Chaumont and then she lived there.
“Château des Dames” for the history of France, built in 1513 by Katherine Briçonnet and successively made more attractive by Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Médicis, Chenonceau was spared from the hardships of the Revolution by Madame Dupin.
This feminine imprint is present throughout, having preserved the castle from conflicts and wars and made it a haven of peace ever since.
Served as a hospital during the war
Chenonceau (video 2:50)
L: Diane’s bedroom.B: Catherine’s bedroom.
Largest Chateau- 1519
Built to be a hunting cabin for François I- near his mistress
Rarely used and not near town, so all food had to be brought in. Difficult to heat. Decorative. Unfurnished.
French Renaissance style
The Château de Chambord displays a unique silhouette, with its 156 metre façade, 426 rooms, 77 staircases, 282 fireplaces and 800 sculpted capitals.
François I- returned from Italy with Leonardo da Vinci
Stored artwork during WW2
Chambord
1518-1527 French
renaissance On an island-
Rive Indre Original
fortress Built to protect the road- Tours-Chinon
L Shape
Azay-le-Rideau
Loire valley in Amboise
French Renaissance
Saint Hubert chapel, a masterpiece of extravagant gothic architecture, which houses the tomb of Leonardo da Vinci
The son of Louis XI, Charles VIII- lived in it and updated to Italian style- died there in 1498
François I- was raised there.
Henri II- was raised there.
A lot demolished
Amboise
Le Palais de Versailles(not a château de la Loire)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=852eroBwDrA
Begun in 1664 for the Sun King- Louis XIV1682- Louis XIV moved the court from Paris to Versailles.
French Revolution- Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette- had to move to Les Tuileries in Paris.
NapoleonLived at the Grand Trianon