Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Chateau de Gaillon

Re-constructed around 1502 by Cardinal Georges d'Amboise on an Italian Renaissance model.

Gaillon is about half-way from Le Havre to Paris... i.e. here:


http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=Gaillon&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

The Chateau's website is here:

http://www.chateaugaillon.com/chateau_de_gaillon_version_angla.htm

Unfortunately it is not currently open to the public due to the ongoing restoration, and visitors are only able to see the exterior. This is a shame as the roundels that I think Foyle refers to are clearly an interior courtyard feature, as this photo shows.



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