Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateâux (1900)
Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 · New York, J. Pott & co. · leaf 292
orence. Azay-le-Rideau is built in the form of an L uponits side, with the entrance in the courtyard formedby the meeting of the long arm of the letter withits base. At each corner is placed with exquisiteeffect a turreted and crested tower, and by an ex-tremely happy turn of the angle of the… … Cbzaij-Le-cJiDideaii 229 Nor is the setting of this rare building unworthyof the gem it holds. Under the bridge, guarded bytwo sculptured lions, flow the waters of the Indre,that turn again in graceful curves beneath the win-dows of the chateau, and are fringed with banksof pleasant green shaded by…
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