📍Château de Chenonceau, 37150 Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France
1559 – 1589“My husband Henry gave Chenonceau to his mistress Diane de Poitiers — she who always came before me. When he died, I reclaimed it immediately. The gallery bridge she never completed, I completed. The gardens she planted, I doubled. I governed France from the Louvre, but Chenonceau was where I was finally myself — the master of something that was mine and no one else's, spanning the Cher river in defiance.”
👍 LovedThe gallery spanning the Cher river — parties held there with the moon reflected in the water below were unforgettable
👎 DislikedThe religious wars that made every year of my regency a crisis that no policy could fully resolve
🗺️ Approximate location today
📷 Location image · via Wikimedia Commons
Sources: Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici