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Chenonceaux (shənôNsō`), village, Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Cher River. It is famous for its château (built 1515–22), the residence, successively in the 16th cent., of Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de' Medici. The wing of the château over the river was added by Catherine in 1560. |
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Louise de Lorraine, the widowed queen of Henry III, passed the final years of her life in perpetual mourning, her bed chamber at Chenonceaux adorned with black draperies embroidered with silver tears, a portrait of Henry, and a small altar (see fig. Travelers will delight in magnificent sites including Notre Dame, Chateau Chenonceaux and Avignon's magnificent Papal Palace. |
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