. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. spect without and within. The finestapartments have been conserved and decoratedto-day with many fine examples of the best ofRenaissance furnishings. This one may ob-serve for himself if he, or she, is fortunateenough to gain entrance, a procedure not im-possible of accomplishment though the edifice isnot usually reckoned a sight by the guide-books. At present the Marquis de Clermont-Ton-nerre holds possession of the property, andkeeps it up with no little suggestion of itsformer magnificent state. If not notable for its fine sug
. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. spect without and within. The finestapartments have been conserved and decoratedto-day with many fine examples of the best ofRenaissance furnishings. This one may ob-serve for himself if he, or she, is fortunateenough to gain entrance, a procedure not im-possible of accomplishment though the edifice isnot usually reckoned a sight by the guide-books. At present the Marquis de Clermont-Ton-nerre holds possession of the property, andkeeps it up with no little suggestion of itsformer magnificent state. If not notable for its fine suggestive feudalnomenclature, Ancy-le-Franc certainly claims 94 Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy that distinction by reason of tlie memories ofits chateau, which dates from the reign ofHenri II, Nearly three-quarters of a centurywere given to its inception. Of a unique spe-cies of architecture, presenting from withoutthe effect of a series of squat fagades, orna-mented at each corner with a two storied squarepavilion, it is sober and dignified to excess. The. interior arrangements are likewise unique andequally precise, though not severe. The wholeis a blend of the best of dignified Italian mo-tives, for in truth there is little distinctivelyFrench about it, and nothing at all structure was begun by the then rulingComtes de Tonnerre in 1555, and became in1668 the property of the Marquis de Louvois,the minister of Louis XIV, and already pro- Tonnerre, Tanlay and Ancy-le-Franc 95 prietor of the countship of Tonnerre whichcame to him as a dot upon his marriage withthe rich heiress Anne de Sonvre. The gardens and park, now dismembered,were once much more extensive and followedthroughout the conventional Italian motives ofthe period of their designing. Enough is leftof them to make the site truly enough sylvan,but with their curtailment a certain aspect ofisolation has been lost, and the whole propertypresents rather the aspect of a country place ofmodest proportion
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