FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF CHENONCEAU : THE GRAND GALLERY. OVERLOOKING THE CHER, IT WAS BUILT BY CATHERINE DE MEDICIS AB
FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF CHENONCEAU : THE GRAND GALLERY. OVERLOOKING THE CHER, IT WAS BUILT BY CATHERINE DE MEDICIS ABOVE THE BRIDGE PREVIOUSLY BUILT BY DIANE DE POITIERS. 60 METERS LONG, 6 METERS WIDE, ILLUMINATED WITH 18 WINDOWS, THIS MAGNIFICENT BALLROOM WAS INAUGURATED IN 1577 BY THE QUEEN, IN HONOR OF HER SON, THE YOUNG KING HENRY III. THROUGH THE WINDOW ON THE RIGHT, VIEW OF THE CHER.
Size: 8816px × 5877px
Location: FRANCE. VAL DE LOIRE
Photo credit: © Stephane COMPOINT / Onlyfrance.fr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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