FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHEVERNY : THE SOUTH FACADE, IN BOURRE STONE, IS DECORATED WITH BUSTS OF ROMAN EMPERORS CARVED "
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4676 x 3117 px | 39.6 x 26.4 cm | 15.6 x 10.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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FRANCE. VAL DE LOIREPhotographer:
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FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHEVERNY : THE SOUTH FACADE, IN BOURRE STONE, IS DECORATED WITH BUSTS OF ROMAN EMPERORS CARVED "IN THE ANTIQUE", IN VOGUE SINCE THE RENAISSANCE. INSPIRED BY THE LUXEMBOURG PALACE IN PARIS, THE GENERAL PLAN, WITH LARGE PAVILIONS OF DOMED CORNERS, AND ITS IN-LINE STONE DECOR SUPERIMPOSED, ARE NOVELTIES FOR THE TIME. THEY WILL BECOME CHARACTERISTIC OF FRENCH CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE. THE CASTLE OF CHEVERNY INSPIRED THE CASTLE OF MOULINSART, FAMOUS HOME OF THE CAPTAIN HADOCK, BEST FRIEND OF TINTIN. ALTHOUGH REDUCED BY ITS TWO LATERAL PAVILIONS, THE RESEMBLANCES ARE STRIKING: HERGE WAS INSPIRED BY THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CASTLE, BUT ALSO BY THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND ITS GARDENS.