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Arenenberg: Queen Hortense's jewel cabinet, detail of inlaid strawberries.
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Arenenberg: Queen Hortense's jewel cabinet, detail of inlaid strawberries.

Room of King Henri III in Blois. Henri, Duke de Guise, leader of the Catholic League against the Protestants, was assassinated here on December 23, 1588, by gentlemen of the King's Guard, on the King's orders.
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Room of King Henri III in Blois. Henri, Duke de Guise, leader of the Catholic Le...

Hall of the Conspirators: The Huguenots met here during the Wars of Religion. Members of the court of Catherine de Medici are shown here as Greek gods: Coligny as Nep- tune, Henri II as Mars, Charles IX as double-headed Janus, Queen Margot (la reine Margot) as Minerva
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Hall of the Conspirators: The Huguenots met here during the Wars of Religion. Me...

Spiral staircase in the inner courtyard of Blois Castle Inside view of this most famous winding staircase, constructed about 1515. On the banisters the salamander of Francois I and the ermine of his Queen, Claude de France.
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Spiral staircase in the inner courtyard of Blois Castle Inside view of this most...

Anet Castle, built for Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II, by Philippe Delorme. Only chapel, left wing and portal of the castle remain today. Entrance Hall and staircase.
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Anet Castle, built for Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II, by Philippe...

Maintenon Palace, Mme de Maintenon's bedroom.
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Maintenon Palace, Mme de Maintenon's bedroom.

Bussy-Rabutin Castle, the Rotunda with the portraits of those ladies at the Court of Louis XIV, which the banished Count Roger de Rabutin despised most.
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Bussy-Rabutin Castle, the Rotunda with the portraits of those ladies at the C...

Louvre Palace. Begun in the 13th century as a royal residence, the Louvre was continuously enlarged. The "Salon Carree," from the period of Louis XIV. Today, the Louvre houses on of the world's most important Art Museums.
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Louvre Palace. Begun in the 13th century as a royal residence, the Louvre wa...

Louvre Palace. Begun in the 13th century as a royal residence, the Louvre was continuously enlarged. "Perrault's Colonnade," by architect Claude Perrault, built 1665-1670. Today, the Louvre houses one of the world's most important Art Museums.
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Louvre Palace. Begun in the 13th century as a royal residence, the Louvre wa...

Bedroom of Queen Hortense, daughter of Josephine Beauharnais. Hortense married Louis, King of Holland, Napoleon's brother. She is the mother of Emperor Napoleon III. Furniture (1805/06) by the brothers Jacob
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Bedroom of Queen Hortense, daughter of Josephine Beauharnais. Hortense ma...

La Vallee aux loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807-1818. Mme. de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The dining room.
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La Vallee aux loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...

La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand lived from 1807-1818. Mme. de Recamier was a frequent visitor. The bedroom.
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La Vallee aux Loups, house in which writer and statesman Francois-Rene...