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Ascend and Attend the Sleeping Beauty
hquittner Says: The wax figures for the Sleeping Beauty story speak for themselves.
hquittner Says: On entering the fine vaulting is recognized. The single chamber has a wood rood screen partition which is the back of the 16C carved wood choir stalls. (Six canons were installed when it was finished). The carvings are quite beautiful. On the south side is a Gothic chapel...
hquittner Says: The chapel was built between 1520-38 by Charles d'Espinay, whose father, who was Louis XI's chamberlain,bought the chateau from the original de Bueil family. It is done in late Gothic style with many Renaissance flourishes and sits apart from the chateau. It is 4 bays in...
Tour the Inside of the Chateau
hquittner Says: There are hourly tours (in French) of selected rooms (45 minutes long) that form a sort of museum of the period - decorations and fixtures (paper translations into some other languages are provided). Other rooms are the family residence. The room called the Antechamber is...
hquittner Says: The chateau of Usse has two lateral wings joined by a southern arcaded wing. The north side was demolished centuries ago to improve the view onto a large elevated terrace. The 15C east (left) wing is Gothic in style and retains its military appearance (machicolations). The...
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Inspiration for Charles Perrault & Walt Disney
The chateau sits on the north edge of the Forest of Chinon and south of the D7 (14 km east of Chinon, 7km west of Azay and 34 km west of Tours). The Indre river is just north and the Loire less than 1...
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the chateau here is said to be the inspiration for the writer of the sleeping beauty tale. it is worth seeing. and if she reads or hears about it you for sure will have to see it.
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In the tiny picture-perfect village of Rigne-Usse is the magical Sleeping Beauty Castle, Chateau Usse. You must take a guided tour to enter and admittedly, the Sleeping Beauty section is very...
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