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This is where was supposed to have taken place, using mirrors, the prediction of the fate of the three sons of Catherine de Medici.  Ruggieri supposedly made François II, Charles IX, Henry III appear successively in the mirror.  They would have turned around each other as  many times as the number of years of their reigns. This castle, where Diane de Poitiers resided after having being thrown out from Chenonceau by the Queen upon the death of Henry II, overlooks the Loire river.  Once again, as in the Halles, there is a tower to scrutinize the skies…

 

          

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