Inside the Chateau: basement, the 100 dishes table by kokoryko
When you begin the guided visit, you have to follow the guide who repeats two-three times, flashlights are not allowed for photography; frustration, but there is an explanation: it seems the Gobelins inside do not like the flashlights, and may be it is true, they have wonderful colors.Well getting in you go through the kitchen (picture 2) where the fireplaces look like new, without any soot, which for me belongs to a ?normal? fireplace.
After having crossed the officers room, decorated with ?modern? (19th century) furniture, you enter the 100 dishes room; this is a huge room which contains a table where 100 people could sit and have dinner in the same time (main picture ) ; the table is of oak wood resting on fir legs; it does not look massive, looks even elegant, but if you want to tell something to the person at the other end of the table. . . . . At the other end of the room is a statue of . . . . Henry IV , of course, but the interesting things here are the gobelins you already could see on the main picture. On picture 3 a rural celebration and on picture 4, a hunting scene; the colors are not very good on the pictures, but these big, more than 3 meters high tapestries are impressive with realism, and details.
Pity is that being in a guided tour you have no time to have a detailed look at these wonderful pieces of art.
The main staircase which leads to the first floor has an interesting ?en caissons? ceiling. (picture 5), and again are the M and H initials on the right part of the montage.
Visit inside possible only with a guide
Entrance fee: 5 ?
Free for young people until 17 and free every first Sunday of the month.
Open throughout the year, every day except: January 1st, May 1st, and December 25th
Opening hours:
September 16th to June 14th:
9h30 - 11h45 / 14h - 17h
June 15th to September 15th:
9h30 - 12h15 / 13h30 - 17h45
