. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. hen it comes to best fulfillingthe mission of a luxurious Renaissance maisonde campagne. It is to-day the magnificent twen-tieth century residence of the Marquis de laGuiche, but is a lineal descendant of the edificebuilt in the reign of Frangois Premier and ter-minated by Philibert de Guiche, who died in1607. At the time of the Saint Bartholomewmassacre he was Bailli de Macon, and, through-out, the Maconnais and the Charollais took afirm stand against the killing off of the Protes-tants as an unholy means to a Christian end. Bef
. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. hen it comes to best fulfillingthe mission of a luxurious Renaissance maisonde campagne. It is to-day the magnificent twen-tieth century residence of the Marquis de laGuiche, but is a lineal descendant of the edificebuilt in the reign of Frangois Premier and ter-minated by Philibert de Guiche, who died in1607. At the time of the Saint Bartholomewmassacre he was Bailli de Macon, and, through-out, the Maconnais and the Charollais took afirm stand against the killing off of the Protes-tants as an unholy means to a Christian end. Before the chateau is an equestrian statueof its sixteenth century chatelain, and the sta-bles, a great vaulted hall whose ceiling is upheldby more than fifty svelt colonnettes, are in nosmall way reminiscent of the still more exten-sive £]curies at Chantilly. There is also, as adependency of the chateau, a remarkably beau-tiful Gothic chapel with fine old glass in itswindows — Gothic of a late construction, be itunderstood, but acceptable Gothic Chateau de Chaumont-la-Guiche M^con, Cluny and the Charollais 155 At Paray-le-Monail — a place of sainted pil-grimage, because of the miracle of the SacreCceur which took place here — is to be seen theluxurious dwelling of a local seigneur who wasclosely allied to the Comte de CharoUes. It is apalace in all but name, and were it on the well-worn travel track in Touraine would be ac-counted one of the marvels of the brilliant ar-ray of Eenaissance dwellings there. It holdsthis distinction to-day among the comparativelyfew who know it, and, as it serves the publicfunctions of a Hotel de Ville, its future as a monument historique worthy of preserva-tion seems assured. Chateau or palace it maynot be; it may be only a luxurious town house;who shall make the distinction after all! Letthe reader, or better yet, the visitor, to thisadmirable Renaissance wonder-work be assuredthat it is more royally palatial than many whichha
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