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Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country (1906)

Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 238

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roof-tops of tlie chateau through the trees and theleafy avenues which converged upon the struc-ture. When Catherine came she did not disdainto make the best use of Dianes innovation thatsuggested itself to her, which was simply tobuild the Long Gallery over the arches ofthis lovely bridge, and so… … Chenonceaux 179 Long Gallery — was intended as a banquet-ing-hall, and possessed four great full-lengthwindows on either side looking up and downstream, from which was seen — and is to-day

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