I remember as a kid watching Errol Flynn movies & castles, until my father reminded me how COLD they were with NO running water or bathrooms. We live in a better time. Great video tho…thanx for showing us.

That seat in the chatelain's bedroom wasn't for doing needlepoint but for archers, the window would have been originally a meurtrier/arrow slit...wood floors are called parquet, same word as in English...the wardrobe off his bedroom would have been a small private chapel....Chateaux were strategically placed to impress the peasants, not accommodate them, so the imposing placement was chosen for them to inspire awe of their masters, not investigate how lavishly they lived...

@EdmunddelaRiviere

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for having a look. What you say about the seats is interesting. I have never heard of these formerly being used for arrow slits. Although I believe I’ve actually seen paintings from the mediaeval era of women doing needle point by these windows as it was the best source of light. I’ll have to do further research. As for the wood floors, I was doing a bad job of describing what is called “sol de Périgord”. This is a particular style of wood floor made up of short boards running one way and one longboard running in adjacent direction on both sides. Being new to this region I was going by what local people had told us about this being a particular flooring style of the Périgord region. I find it interesting that wood floors are called parquet floors in Europe. In the United States a parquet floor is a particular style of wood floor. The general term for wood flooring would be called a hardwood floor. Thanks for your input.

@kevinjewell233

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdmunddelaRiviere the holes would have been enlarged in the 17th and 18th Centuries, some maybe even in the 19th as some homes fell into disrepair for extensive periods over time...

Merci pour cette visite. Très beau château restauré en 1939 par le Centre des Monuments Nationaux de France.

@moniquewolfel9095

2 жыл бұрын

QUELLE CONNERIE EN 1939 LA GUERRE AVAIT DETRUIT LES MAISONS PLUS DE MAISONS PLUS DE MARIS PLUS D AGRICULTURE ALORS LES MONUMENTS NATIONAUX POUR QUI LES FENIANTS

So interesting. Cant imagine how cold in the winter, how much wood or coal this used and how many people it would take to keep the fireplaces stocked. The tapestries were beautiful. The few pieces of furniture were beautifully carved. My imagination goes wild thinking of the people who lived here, what they wore, ate and how they lived. Just amazing!

Imagine heating that space!! It is in amazing condition!

Thank you for showing a lovely tour!

It's amazing how intact that chateau is. For its age I would expect to see it very altered. Thanks for showing it.

@jackfntwist

2 жыл бұрын

restored

Прекраснейший,чудесный,великолепный замок, очень люблю старинные замки и дворцы,спасибо вам за видео

The bottom of the stone spiral staircase you mentioned is the actual individual stone used to create the stairs

I'm surprised and happy to see a castle with few rooms where you have to step up or down. Most chateaux I've been in would be difficult for me to tour now that my knees are shot and having to step up to go from room to room would be painful. Just add an elevator (lift) and I can move in.

@rw9175

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly...I have similar issues of mobility...!

@N0N4M30

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why usually they had also bedrooms on the ground floor or depending on your status you had people who would carry you around

Had to have been absolutely stunning in its day! Well made. At least it is being kept up. Wish that was done for every single one that is not sold People are very interested in this day and I am shocked of all the younger people already retired from work in their 40's and 50's and they have so much money they buy all of these Castles/Chateaus/Villa's and find a unique way to get them restored and live in them. People used to work forever, and then with Medicare in the U.S. they can retire at maybe 66 yr if they are a teacher maybe in their 50's. People with a large business of their own could sell it and do this. But it is fantastic there is a growing interest. It takes alot of work so you need to be young to take it on and when you ar old it is finished up and you are ready to live in it with your family if you have one.

@rw9175

2 жыл бұрын

One might try to restore a chateau if young and in good health...have a BnB...!

On l'appelle le "petit Chambord" périgourdin ! Il est magnifique.

a beautiful chateau....one of the best....stone cutting is incredible for the 16 th century

Hi from north Georgia. During my visit to Egypt we saw pigeon houses that were smaller in size. Our tour guide said they eat pigeons.

@rosemariecomtois2839

2 жыл бұрын

Pigeon meat was very desirable And were roasted on iron spits on the huge kitchen fireplaces . I collect cookbooks and in one is A recipe for chestnut stuffed pigeon with chestnut sauce ! So it was Interesting they had Chestnut trees on the estate.

@cathleencumpton779

2 жыл бұрын

Pigeons were used as a form of communication. Carrier pigeons sent information to battlefields or to neighboring villages or to family members. It was the ancient form of the newspaper.

@ankh228

2 жыл бұрын

Taubenfleisch ist sehr zart und schmeckt auch gut.

@kerrylynnparsons9441

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they did eat pigeons in France too. Pigeoniere. 🇫🇷

They also built the stairs like that so if the chateau were attacked the attackers had to run up against the outside wall. This way you could attack that someone easier and also they would of had to come up the stairs one on one! .

@EdmunddelaRiviere

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but I do not believe these staircases were built for defense. You could’ve sent people up there three across or rode a horse of them. Lol. (I know they wouldn’t) These were some of the biggest spiral staircases I have come across.

@cathleencumpton779

2 жыл бұрын

They also turned a specific direction as to allow archers to shoot arrows up and down the stairs.

I wanted to be there too to see all this beauty. thank you 🤗

Great chateau! Those were not door knockers in the center of the door so low down that was the door knob or handle to open and close the door I think that was indeed a pantry that you were looking at off the kitchen. The chatalane(sp) was not necessarily the owner of the Chateau but the caretaker of the Chateau. Something like a British gentleman would have a butler.

@prarieborn6458

2 жыл бұрын

Beautful , beautiful and romantic! I am no expert but I have read a lot of history and the term for the man in charge was Castellan, in English.I do not know how it translates to French. A Chatelaine was the Lady of the chateau ,keeper of the keys, of a chateau and/or an english castle. Those spices were. as you remarked, very expensive, the cooks and kitchen staff could not be trusted. So many French words and phrases are mixed in. Thank You, for sharing your adventure. I am amazed that there are still wild boar around in Europe. Is that what the locals hunt on Sunday?I know feral pigs are a big problem in the US.

You said in this video chestnuts don't grow in the United States. Major states for chestnut production include California, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Florida, Ohio, and Virginia.

@EdmunddelaRiviere

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I might’ve been too general in that statement. I know that they have been regrowing “hybrid” chestnuts in the United States but we didn’t have them in the area I was from. Thanks for watching.

Doing a add on to my double wide to looks like this

Stunning. Cooked Pigeon is squab:)

Would be AMAZING to live here !!!

Amazing how you ignore so many beautiful tapisseries. Never seen so many , wish you show us some close up and history of those amazing works of art . Oviously you are into stones , l love them too but ..... pity

@EdmunddelaRiviere

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a great point. I apologize for that I really was drawn in by the architecture and the furniture. There really is so much going on there and you wouldn’t think that because the place was kind of empty but it allowed you to see so much more of the actual structure. I’m looking forward to going back, maybe I will do another video about the tapestries of this place. I’ll have to wait until tourist season ends though.

Chatelain is not gender specific. Male or female owner of a chateaux.

nationalisation total!!!🚩🚩

I don't believe that the the difference in the steps would not have been structural, I think it was merely cosmetic, where they merely overlaid some new concrete on top of the old steps to make them flatter and not so worn.

Très beaux

Amazing

The pigeons return to where they were born/hatched and so the cycle continues.

This place is beautiful. Is its going be fix?

@EdmunddelaRiviere

2 жыл бұрын

It’s maintained by the French government and they are maintaining it as you see in one room on the first floor that we couldn’t get into.

The pidgeonarie were used for food

It’s large because before the great reset the people that built all of those things that have huge doors etc. were large people

Thanks for showing us your visit. Fascinating. Who owns the castle? It's very well maintained. Did they just allow you to wander the place? Was it just open to the public?

@EdmunddelaRiviere

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it’s owned by the French government. It looks like during the busy season there are tour guides but this time of year you pay your fee and go in and see the place.

Is this a Belgian castle ?

@EdmunddelaRiviere

2 жыл бұрын

France.

Is this for sale?

@EdmunddelaRiviere

2 жыл бұрын

No, it’s owned by the French government.

tjs mieux quelques meubles de bonne qualité que bourrés des trucs néogothiques ;-)

Moving the camera too fast, can’t see and enjoy it.