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. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. Henri III. (Second floor.) 23. Gallery where was held the reunion of the Tiers Etatsof 1576. 24. First floor, bedchamber of the king; second floor, bed-chamber of the queen. 25. Oratory. 26. Cabinet. 27. Passage to the Tour de Moulins. 28. Passage to the Cabinet Vieus, where the Due de Guisewas struck down. 29. Cabinet Vieux. 30. Oratory, where the two chaplains of the king prayedduring the perpetration of the murder. 31. Garde-robe, where was first deposited the body of DeGuise. Erected bt Gaston d Orleans 32. Peristyle. (Destroyed
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. Henri III. (Second floor.) 23. Gallery where was held the reunion of the Tiers Etatsof 1576. 24. First floor, bedchamber of the king; second floor, bed-chamber of the queen. 25. Oratory. 26. Cabinet. 27. Passage to the Tour de Moulins. 28. Passage to the Cabinet Vieus, where the Due de Guisewas struck down. 29. Cabinet Vieux. 30. Oratory, where the two chaplains of the king prayedduring the perpetration of the murder. 31. Garde-robe, where was first deposited the body of DeGuise. Erected bt Gaston d Orleans 32. Peristyle. (Destroyed by the military.) 33. Dome. 34. Pavilion des Jardins. 35. Pavilion du Foix. 36. Petit Pavilion of the M6ridionale fagade. (Destroyedin 1825.) 37. Terraces. 38. Bastions du Foix and des Jardins. 39. LEperon. 40. Le Jardin Haut, or Jardin du Roi. The interior court is partly surrounded bya colonnade, quite cloister-like in effect. Atthe right centre of the Frangois I. wing is thatwonderful spiral staircase, concerning the in- The Blaisois and the Sologne 71. SO^e CHATEAUX^ BbOig 72 Old Touraine and the Loire Country vention of which so much speculation has beenlaunched. Leonardo da Vinci, the protege ofFrauQois, has been given the honour, and avery considerable volume has been written toprove the claim. Within this ^^ tour octagone — qui faita ses huit pans hurler u/n gorgone — is built
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