Château de Chenonceaux. Façade Occidentale

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The lands near the village of Shenonso, where the famous castle is worth, from 1243 belonged to the aristocratic genus from the overnight de Mark. Initially, it was a military fortress, surrounded by the RV. In the end of the XIV century. During the reign of Karl VI, J. De Mark became an ally of the English king and provided his castle to accommodate his military detachments. After his capture by the French troops, the king ordered the castle to destroy the castle, but the land tenure adjacent to him was soon returned to the former feudalists. In 1512, the land and remnants of the fortress purchased J. Boy. Following Francis I became popular after the Italian campaigns of Francis, he ordered to demolish the old castle. On his ruins was built a mansion in the style of revival with four corner towers, with halls with silicon crops and marching stairs between the floors. From the previous medieval fortifications, only Dazhon was preserved.