Les Châteaux de la France

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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