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Those two châteaux are not really comparable. One is big, one is smaller. One is private, one is public. One spans a small river, the other is in a giant forest...
However, one thing that a lot of people didn't like about Chambord is being corrected. The rooms were almost completely empty in the past, but now they are furnishing some of them with items from the proper period. |
You are in the Loire Valley and you plan on visiting only one chateau?
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<i>Can anyone say why there is an "x" on the end of the village but none on the chateau's name</i>
I understand that the ¨x¨ was dropped from the name of the château during the Revolution to differentiate it from the town and to give the impression that the town stood independent of the château. Chenonceau was one of the few aristocratic possessions that was not looted during the Revolution due in large measure to the towns affinity to its resident at the time, Louise Dupin. |
Sarastro - merci bien!
kerouac says one is state property - that would then be Chambord by your statements about Chenonceau and Chenonceau private? |
Yes, Chenonceau is privately owned by the Menier family, which bought it in 1913. Menier is a chocolate empire, and their old chocolate factory in the outer Parisian suburb of Noisiel is one of the main attractions to visit during the Heritage Days every year. It is currently the French headquarters of Nestlé.
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they also owned I presume the Chocolate Factory that I once toured in Blois, one that now I understand is closed - the aromas of chocolate once wafting thru the town center?
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The chocolate factory in Blois has been closed for years.
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