Friday, March 17, 2023

The other garden

The smaller of the two main gardens at Chenonceau is that of Catherine de Médicis. She took over the castle when she became regent after her husband, King Henri II, died. She's the one who had the galleries built on the bridge over the river. The king's mistress, Diane de Poitiers, had the bridge built when she occupied the castle.

Jardin de Catherine de Médicis, Chenonceau. May 2007.

The garden has a central water basin with a single jet spraying upward in its center. In the times I've been there, I got the impression that the Médicis garden is more intimate and is planted with more colorful flowers than the larger Poitiers garden.

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful.
    To answer your question yesterday, iirc, there was no other description of the statue.
    BettyAnn

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  2. Ohhhh, I didn't realize that the gallery wasn't built until Diane de Poitiers was ousted. Thanks for that!

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  3. Such a lovely typo in French! Do we know what species of monkeys they used for the single jet?
    Extra beautiful garden.

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  4. Such a lovely bilingual typo. Do we know what species of monkeys they used for the single jet?
    Extra beautiful garden.

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  5. mitch, ain't it, tho?

    evelyn, thanks! You too!

    bettyann, I wonder who it was...

    judy, :)

    chm, oops! Merci.

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  6. She was a dear- some times.

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