The Château de Beauregard, part II !!

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Memories, yes I remember the Château de Beauregard. We came here by chance, going between Amboise and Blois and saw it on the map, so we took a quick detour and saw this wonderful pretty castle still in private hands. The family love it. The Château de Beauregard  is secluded in a deep forest off a narrow tree line road of the village of Cellettes , dept 41 of the Loir et Cher,in  Centre Val de Loire region of my belle France, I am glad to have found me newer pictures in my cd rom vault to show in my blog for you and me. Therefore, here is my take on the Château de Beauregard, part II !! Hope you enjoy the post as I

The must visit here is to see its gallery of personages or galerie des Illustres. Located in the 1st fl (2nd fl US ) ,it measures 26 meters long and 6 meters wide with 327 portraits on three levels and twelve panels each representing the biggest personalities showing the history of France and Europe which makes the Beauregard castle, the smallest of the great castles of the Loire Valley, Each portrait is painted on a fabric measuring about 55 cm by 45 cm and represented in bust except king Henri IV and Louis XIII; the great equestrian portrait of king Henri IV is on top of the chimney of the 16C. The 14 portraits of personages that surrounded it are smaller size then the rest of the collection. The portrait of king Louis XIII covers the three levels of the paintings. The number of portraits by king varies like for king Philippe IV you see 6, and Charles VII 21, Louis XIII has 40 portraits. The dates of their reign as well as the symbols of the kings are painted on the wooden bars between the floor and the portraits.

There is ,also, the Cabinet des Grelots ,completively surrounded by oak wood in the Italian tradition of Studiolo. Originally, this room was connected to the gallery by a small door that in the 17C was closed when the collection of portraits was created. The ceiling of peg casing is one of the most beautiful in France. It is composed of a big octagonal surrounded by 8 small hexagons finely sculpture; at the center of the ceiling you see the arms of Jean du Thier , On the upper part of the wooden work are engraved the portraits done by local artists where Jean du Thier is surrounded by his favorite activities such as ; the arts, paintings, sculpture, literature, music, and jewerly as well as physic activities like the art of war, hunting and tennis. In the 17C Paul Ardier covered the original chimney with the arms of his family. There is a big portrait of king Louis XIII on horse decorating the chimney until the 20C, it disappeared in 1925 and the Gosselin family ordered the Louvre museum a copy of Diane the hunter by François Clouet.

The Château de Beauregard will amaze you with its authentic 16C kitchen and its battery of 85 brass instruments as well as its fireplaces which have never stopped working. It is the oldest room in the castle. Also, the castle is full of many other treasures such as a whale’s jawbone dating from the 18C, a large library and a collection of exceptional Renaissance furniture.

The official Château de Beauregard : https://beauregard-loire.com/en/

The town of Cellettes on the castle: https://www.cellettes41.fr/page/chateau-de-beauregard

The local Blois Chambord tourist office on Beauregard: https://www.bloischambord.co.uk/offers/parc-et-chateau-de-beauregard-cellettes-en-245958/

There you go folks, another dandy castle in the Loire, you will love with the family , the portraits makes for an interesting conversation indeed. Again ,hope you enjoy the post on the Château de Beauregard, part II !! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health ,and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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