Gardens of the Chateau Vilandry
by Hugh Smith
Title
Gardens of the Chateau Vilandry
Artist
Hugh Smith
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Villandry is one of the great chateaux built on the banks of the Loire during the Renaissance. It has the distinctive feature of being the residence of neither a king nor a courtesan, but of Jean Le Breton, Minister of Finance for François I.
At Villandry, Jean Le Breton drew on his exceptional architectural experience acquired on a large number of sites, including the Chateau of Chambord, which he supervised and directed on behalf of the Crown over many years.
When he arrived in Villandry in 1532, he had the old feudal fortress razed to the ground, except for the keep, a dramatic testimony to the conference held on 4 July 1189 at which Henry II of England (Henry Plantagenet) admitted his defeat before King Philip Augustus of France, signing the treaty known as “La Paix de Colombiers ” (The Peace of Colombiers) two days before he died.
Uploaded
December 30th, 2015
Statistics
Viewed 144 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/05/2024 at 12:28 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
