Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country (1906)
Mansfield, Milburg Francisco, 1871- · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 328
wn house, showing atleast how the two styles can be pleasingly com-bined. Crenelated battlements are as old as Pom-peii, so it is doubtful if the feudality of Francedid much to increase their use or effectiveness.They were originally of such dimensions as toallow a complete shelter for an archer… … Chateau dUsse Azay-le-Rideau, Usse, and Chinon 249 here at Usse they are more pronounced than inmany other similar edifices. The interior arrangements here give dueprominence to a fine staircase, ornamented witha painting of St. John that is attributed toMichel Ange. The Chambre du Roi is hung with…
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