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  • Canopied ceremonial bed with a gilded wooden headboard with the family's coat of arms, Louis XV period, in the bedroom of Marechal Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 1678-1766, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Noailles family owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Canopied ceremonial bed with a gilded wooden headboard with the family's coat of arms, Louis XV period, in the bedroom of Marechal Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 1678-1766, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Noailles family owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Day bed in the study or Cabinet de Travail of Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, 1797-1863, French poet, writer, playwright and Romantic, from where he wrote several of his poems, at the top of the 15th century tower of Le Maine Giraud, a 16th century manor house and country estate, in Champagne-Vigny, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The property belonged to Alfred de Vigny 1827-63, who restored it and bought the surrounding land, and later to Louise Lachaud, who ran a Parisian literary salon. In 1938 it was bought by the Durand family who planted the vineyard and produce pineau and cognac. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Canopied ceremonial bed with a gilded wooden headboard with the family's coat of arms, Louis XV period, in the bedroom of Marechal Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 1678-1766, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Noailles family owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empty bed with sheet and pillow in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Empty bed with sheet and pillow in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Canopy bed, 18th century, in a canopy in Napoleon's Room, formerly the Alcove Room, where Napoleon and Josephine de Beauharnais stayed on 17th August 1797, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King's bedroom, on the ground floor of the Cross House in the East Range of Falkland Palace, a royal palace built 1501-41 under kings James IV and James V, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland. The Golden Bed of Brahan, 16th century, is of Dutch East Indies workmanship. The palace was in use until damaged by fire in the 17th century, and was bought by the marquis of Bute in 1887. It is now owned by the marquess of Bute and run by the National Trust for Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Cesar de Vendome, with canopy bed, Renaissance fireplace and 17th century Brussels tapestries, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Roi, or King's Bedroom, on the second floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The room is decorated in the style of Henri III, and was used by the close circle of the King, for audiences, meetings and entertainment, as well as as a bedroom. The room has hand-painted wallpaper, a 4-poster bed, tiled floor and painted ceiling, and was restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Top: 2 chairs from the throne room of Louis XVIII at the Tuileries by Jean Demosthene Dugourc 1822. Bottom: red bed from the Chambre de Parade Caroline Murat, sister of Napoleon, from the Elysee Palace by Jacob-Demalter, First Empire style 1804-1815. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King's bedroom, originally the bedroom of the dukes then used for royal visits, with portrait of Henri IV, blue canopy bed and tapestries depicting the story of Psyche, at the Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire, begun 14th century by Raymond du Temple for Gui VI de La Tremoille, in Loiret, France. The castle has been home to the lords of Sully, the La Tremoilles and the Bethunes. It is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King's bedroom, originally the bedroom of the dukes then used for royal visits, with blue canopy bed and tapestries depicting the story of Psyche, at the Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire, begun 14th century by Raymond du Temple for Gui VI de La Tremoille, in Loiret, France. The castle has been home to the lords of Sully, the La Tremoilles and the Bethunes. It is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Roi, used for important or royal guests, with painted ceiling beams from 16th century, Italian Renaissance style furniture, Louis XIII canopy bed, 17th century Brussels tapestry and fireplace carved with initial F for Francois I, in the Chateau de Montpoupon, built from 1460 by Antoine de Prie on the ruins of earlier medieval fortresses, at Cere-la-Ronde, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau is owned by the Motte Saint-Pierre family, houses the Musee du Veneur dedicated to hunting with hounds, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Marechal, named after marshal de la Motte Houdancourt, husband of Louise de Prie, whose coat of arms is carved above the doorway, in the Chateau de Montpoupon, built from 1460 by Antoine de Prie on the ruins of earlier medieval fortresses, at Cere-la-Ronde, Indre-et-Loire, France. The room was refurnished in the 19th century, with a Louis XIII period canopy bed and carved fireplace in troubadour style. The chateau is owned by the Motte Saint-Pierre family, houses the Musee du Veneur dedicated to hunting with hounds, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de Prie, named for a female member of the Prie family who was accused of adultery by her husband and imprisoned here for 15 years in the 16th century, in the Chateau de Montpoupon, built from 1460 by Antoine de Prie on the ruins of earlier medieval fortresses, at Cere-la-Ronde, Indre-et-Loire, France. The room is furnished with a 16th century 4-poster bed with medallion portraits of Francois I and Claude de France, and an ebony table with ivory inlays, 17th century central European. The chateau is owned by the Motte Saint-Pierre family, houses the Musee du Veneur dedicated to hunting with hounds, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de retrait, or withdrawal chamber, used for receiving close friends, with canopy bed strung from the ceiling beams, and tiled floor, in the Chateau de Langeais, a Renaissance castle built 1465-69 by king Louis XI, on the river Loire in Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally built in the 10th century by Foulques Nerra, it was rebuilt in the 15th century by Jean Bourre and Jean Briconnet. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de parement, or facing chamber, with canopy bed, fireplace and tiled floor, in the Chateau de Langeais, a Renaissance castle built 1465-69 by king Louis XI, on the river Loire in Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally built in the 10th century by Foulques Nerra, it was rebuilt in the 15th century by Jean Bourre and Jean Briconnet. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de parement, or facing chamber, with canopy bed, fireplace and tiled floor, in the Chateau de Langeais, a Renaissance castle built 1465-69 by king Louis XI, on the river Loire in Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally built in the 10th century by Foulques Nerra, it was rebuilt in the 15th century by Jean Bourre and Jean Briconnet. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Dame, or Lady's bedroom, with canopy bed, fireplace and tiled floor, in the Chateau de Langeais, a Renaissance castle built 1465-69 by king Louis XI, on the river Loire in Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally built in the 10th century by Foulques Nerra, it was rebuilt in the 15th century by Jean Bourre and Jean Briconnet. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre aux carreaux verts, or green tile room, with canopy bed, fireplace and tiled floor, in the Chateau de Langeais, a Renaissance castle built 1465-69 by king Louis XI, on the river Loire in Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, France. Originally built in the 10th century by Foulques Nerra, it was rebuilt in the 15th century by Jean Bourre and Jean Briconnet. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom with canopy bed and wall paintings by Pietro Ricchi, 1606-75, of architectural scenes, at the Chateau de Flecheres, built 1610-16 by Jean de Seve, in Dombes, Fareins, Ain, France. The chateau was built on an earlier 12th century fortress and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Diane de Poitiers, with 17th century canopy bed, fireplace by Jean Goujon, Cordoba leather armchairs, 16th century Flemish tapestries and decoration of initials of H and C combined to form a D (Henri II, Catherine de Medici, Diane de Poitiers), at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. Above the fireplace is a portrait of Catherine de Medici, 19th century, by Sauvage. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Diane de Poitiers, with 17th century canopy bed, fireplace by Jean Goujon, Cordoba leather armchairs, 16th century Flemish tapestries and decoration of initials of H and C combined to form a D (Henri II, Catherine de Medici, Diane de Poitiers), at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. Above the fireplace is a portrait of Catherine de Medici, 19th century, by Sauvage. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Diane de Poitiers, with 17th century canopy bed, fireplace by Jean Goujon, Cordoba leather armchairs, 16th century Flemish tapestries and decoration of initials of H and C combined to form a D (Henri II, Catherine de Medici, Diane de Poitiers), at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. Above the fireplace is a portrait of Catherine de Medici, 19th century, by Sauvage. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Catherine de Medici, with 16th century Flemish tapestries of the life of Samson, canopy bed and Renaissance fireplace and tiled floor, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Catherine de Medici, with 16th century Flemish tapestries of the life of Samson, canopy bed and Renaissance fireplace and tiled floor, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. On the wall is the Education of Cupid, 1525, by Antonio da Correggio. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Louise de Lorraine, decorated in black for her mourning of Henri III, with fireplace and canopy bed, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Catherine de Medici, with 16th century Flemish tapestries of the life of Samson, canopy bed and Renaissance tiled floor, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room known as Ruggieri Room, with cabalistic astrology symbols on the 16th century fireplace, and a 17th century canopy bed, in the Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, rebuilt in the 15th century by Charles I d'Amboise on the site of a 10th century Burgundian castle founded by Odo I count of Blois. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room known as the Bedroom of Catherine de Medici, who acquired the castle in 1550, with 15th century Tournai tapestry and 4-poster Henri II style bed, in the Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, rebuilt in the 15th century by Charles I d'Amboise on the site of a 10th century Burgundian castle founded by Odo I count of Blois. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room known as the Bedroom of Catherine de Medici, who acquired the castle in 1550, with 15th century Tournai tapestry and 4-poster Henri II style bed, in the Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, rebuilt in the 15th century by Charles I d'Amboise on the site of a 10th century Burgundian castle founded by Odo I count of Blois. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room known as Ruggieri Room, with cabbalistic astrology symbols on the 16th century fireplace, and a 17th century canopy bed, in the Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, rebuilt in the 15th century by Charles I d'Amboise on the site of a 10th century Burgundian castle founded by Odo I count of Blois. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's Bedroom, with floral wallpaper and fabrics and alcove bed, at the Chateau de la Chaize, designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for Francois de la Chaise, and built 1674-76, at Odenas, Rhone, France. The 400 hectare estate boasts gardens by Le Notre and Beaujolais vineyards planted in the 18th century. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's Bedroom, with floral wallpaper and fabrics and alcove bed, at the Chateau de la Chaize, designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for Francois de la Chaise, and built 1674-76, at Odenas, Rhone, France. The 400 hectare estate boasts gardens by Le Notre and Beaujolais vineyards planted in the 18th century. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Maitre de Maison, used by Gilles Berthelot in the 16th century, with 4-poster bed and parquet floor, in the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, a Renaissance chateau built 1515-27 by Gilles Berthelot on the foundations of an 11th century fortress, Loire Valley, Indre-et-Loire, France. On the right is the 16th century painting Thinking Woman. The chateau is built in both Italian and French styles on an island in the Indre river, and is one of the earliest French Renaissance chateaux. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Renaissance bedroom known as Philippe Lesbahy Room (wife of Gilles Berthelot), reconstructed in 21st century with a 19th century 4-poster bed in Neo Renaissance style, in the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, a Renaissance chateau built 1515-27 by Gilles Berthelot on the foundations of an 11th century fortress, Loire Valley, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is built in both Italian and French styles on an island in the Indre river, and is one of the earliest French Renaissance chateaux. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Renaissance bedroom known as Philippe Lesbahy Room (wife of Gilles Berthelot), reconstructed in 21st century with a 19th century 4-poster bed in Neo Renaissance style, in the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, a Renaissance chateau built 1515-27 by Gilles Berthelot on the foundations of an 11th century fortress, Loire Valley, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is built in both Italian and French styles on an island in the Indre river, and is one of the earliest French Renaissance chateaux. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Roi or Chambre Bleue, with black pear wood and ivory cabinet, large fireplace, 4-poster bed and parquet floor, where king Louis XIII slept for 2 nights, on the second floor of the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, a Renaissance chateau built 1515-27 by Gilles Berthelot on the foundations of an 11th century fortress, Loire Valley, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is built in both Italian and French styles on an island in the Indre river, and is one of the earliest French Renaissance chateaux. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Roi or Chambre Bleue, with black pear wood and ivory cabinet, large fireplace, 4-poster bed and parquet floor, where king Louis XIII slept for 2 nights, on the second floor of the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, a Renaissance chateau built 1515-27 by Gilles Berthelot on the foundations of an 11th century fortress, Loire Valley, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is built in both Italian and French styles on an island in the Indre river, and is one of the earliest French Renaissance chateaux. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Roi or Chambre Bleue, with black pear wood and ivory cabinet, large fireplace, 4-poster bed and parquet floor, where king Louis XIII slept for 2 nights, on the second floor of the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, a Renaissance chateau built 1515-27 by Gilles Berthelot on the foundations of an 11th century fortress, Loire Valley, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is built in both Italian and French styles on an island in the Indre river, and is one of the earliest French Renaissance chateaux. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of king Henri II, with large canopy bed, jewel chest and tapestries from Brussels and Tournai, 16th and 17th century, in the Louis XII wing of the Chateau d'Amboise, a medieval castle which became a royal residence in the 15th century and was largely reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries, on the River Loire, at Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The chateau was rebuilt as a Gothic palace under Charles VIII and Renaissance and Italianate additions were installed under Francois I and Henri II. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom, with green damask canopied bed, 17th century, and paintings from the Palazzo Cesano, and wooden 19th century German furniture, in the Palazzo Borromeo, on Isola Madre, the largest of the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palace was built in the 16th century for the Borromeo family, designed by Pellegrino Pellegrini or Il Tibaldi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala Isabella, bedroom of Isabella de Medici, who was killed in the villa in 1576, with red 4 poster bed and painted wallpaper, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. On the right is the painting Sacred Conversation, or The Medici as Holy Family, painting, 1575, by Giovanni Maria Butteri, 1540–1606, with portraits of Cosimo I de Medici's family. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala Isabella, bedroom of Isabella de Medici, who was killed in the villa in 1576, with red 4 poster bed and painted wallpaper, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sala Isabella, bedroom of Isabella de Medici, who was killed in the villa in 1576, with red 4 poster bed and painted wallpaper, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom, refurnished in 1865 for the Countess of Mirafiori, the Bella Rosina, wife of Vittorio Emanuele II, with pink floral fabric walls and ceiling by Ferri, a canopied bed and furniture from Modena, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom, refurnished in 1865 for the Countess of Mirafiori, the Bella Rosina, wife of Vittorio Emanuele II, with pink floral fabric walls and ceiling by Ferri, a canopied bed and furniture from Modena, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedoom with alfarje ceiling and 4 poster bed, in the Hotel Spa La Casa Mudejar, in a 15th century mudejar palace, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The alfarje ceiling is a finely carved beamed ceiling structure used in Moorish architecture. The first floor ceiling of the Casa Mudejar was commissioned c. 1470 by Rabi Mayr. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedoom with alfarje ceiling and 4 poster bed, in the Hotel Spa La Casa Mudejar, in a 15th century mudejar palace, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The alfarje ceiling is a finely carved beamed ceiling structure used in Moorish architecture. The first floor ceiling of the Casa Mudejar was commissioned c. 1470 by Rabi Mayr. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Femme Assoupie sur un Lit, or Woman Dozing on a Bed, also known as The Indolent Woman, oil painting, 1899, by Pierre Bonnard, 1867-1947, exhibited in the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Madame de Maintenon, with Louis XIV style gilded and painted canopied duchess bed, late 19th century, installed by the Duke Paul de Noailles and his architect Henri Parent, and small private oratory on the right, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Madame de Maintenon, with Louis XIV style gilded and painted canopied duchess bed, late 19th century, installed by the Duke Paul de Noailles and his architect Henri Parent, and small private oratory on the right, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Marechal Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 1678-1766, with an 18th century canopied ceremonial bed with a gilded wooden headboard with the family's coat of arms, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Noailles family owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Madame de Maintenon, with Louis XIV style gilded and painted canopied duchess bed, late 19th century, installed by the Duke Paul de Noailles and his architect Henri Parent, and small private oratory for prayer (behind), in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Madame de Maintenon, with Louis XIV style gilded and painted canopied duchess bed, late 19th century, installed by the Duke Paul de Noailles and his architect Henri Parent, and small private oratory on the right, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Marechal Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 1678-1766, with an 18th century canopied ceremonial bed with a gilded wooden headboard with the family's coat of arms, in the petits appartements in the main building, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The Noailles family owned the castle from 1698 until the 20th century. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Swan detail from the red bed from the Chambre de Parade Caroline Murat, sister of Napoleon, from the Elysee Palace by Jacob-Demalter, First Empire style 1804-1815, in the furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Middle left: 2 chairs from the throne room of Louis XVIII at the Tuileries by Jean Demosthene Dugourc 1822. Bottom left: red bed from the Chambre de Parade Caroline Murat, sister of Napoleon, from the Elysee Palace by Jacob-Demalter, First Empire style 1804-1815. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Middle right: 2 chairs from the throne room of Louis XVIII at the Tuileries by Jean Demosthene Dugourc 1822. Bottom right: red bed from the Chambre de Parade Caroline Murat, sister of Napoleon, from the Elysee Palace by Jacob-Demalter, First Empire style 1804-1815. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded bed in the furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Middle right: 2 chairs from the throne room of Louis XVIII at the Tuileries by Jean Demosthene Dugourc 1822. Bottom right: red bed from the Chambre de Parade Caroline Murat, sister of Napoleon, from the Elysee Palace by Jacob-Demalter, First Empire style 1804-1815. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Middle right: 2 chairs from the throne room of Louis XVIII at the Tuileries by Jean Demosthene Dugourc 1822. Bottom right: red bed from the Chambre de Parade Caroline Murat, sister of Napoleon, from the Elysee Palace by Jacob-Demalter, First Empire style 1804-1815. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fouquet's Bedchamber, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room is decorated with a canopied bed and 5 tapestries of Months designed by Lucas of Leiden, and a trompe l'oeil painted ceiling by Charles Le Brun. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's Bedchamber, where the Queen's business took place, hung with drapes and with a four poster bed, in Stirling Castle, with current buildings dating to 15th and 16th centuries, on Castle Hill, in Stirling, Scotland. This room has been furnished as it was during the Regency of Mary of Guise. The castle is listed as a scheduled ancient monument and is run by Historic Environment Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Roi, or King's Bedroom, on the second floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The room is decorated in the style of Henri III, and was used by the close circle of the King, for audiences, meetings and entertainment, as well as as a bedroom. The room has hand-painted wallpaper, a 4-poster bed, tiled floor and painted ceiling, and was restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Roi, or King's Bedroom, on the second floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The room is decorated in the style of Henri III, and was used by the close circle of the King, for audiences, meetings and entertainment, as well as as a bedroom. The room has hand-painted wallpaper, a 4-poster bed, tiled floor and painted ceiling, and was restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted decorative doorway of the Oratory, a small private chapel, and behind, the Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de la Reine or Queen's Bedroom, decorated in 16th century Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. This is thought to be the room in which Catherine de Medici died in 1589, and the walls are decorated with her monogram, 2 Cs with an H for Henri II. It has a painted ceiling, tiled floor and 4-poster bed with a green canopy. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Catherine de Medici at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The four-poster bed is in Renaissance style, with <br />
ornate carving. On the right is a painting of the Education of Love by Correggio, 1489-1534. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici and Louise Dupin have all contributed to the development of Chenonceau through the centuries. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Diane de Poitiers at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. The four-poster bed is in Renaissance style, and the tapestry is 16th century Flemish. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici and Louise Dupin have all contributed to the development of Chenonceau through the centuries. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Anne of Austria, 1601-66, wife of King Louis XIII, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The room is decorated by Charles Errard and Gilbert de Seve c. 1660. The Renaissance style sculpted walnut furniture, (four-poster bed, 2 bedside tables, 2 commodes, a console sofa, 6 armchairs, 6 chairs and 2 footstools) was delivered in 1860 by the house of Fourdinois. The 2 tapestries depict the Triumph of Mars and the Triumph of Religion, from cartoons by Noel Coypel, 1628-1707. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Anne of Austria, 1601-66, wife of King Louis XIII, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The room is decorated by Charles Errard and Gilbert de Seve c. 1660. The Renaissance style sculpted walnut furniture, (four-poster bed, 2 bedside tables, 2 commodes, a console sofa, 6 armchairs, 6 chairs and 2 footstools) was delivered in 1860 by the house of Fourdinois. The 2 tapestries depict the Triumph of Mars and the Triumph of Religion, from cartoons by Noel Coypel, 1628-1707. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Anne of Austria, 1601-66, wife of King Louis XIII, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The room is decorated by Charles Errard and Gilbert de Seve c. 1660. The Renaissance style sculpted walnut furniture, (four-poster bed, 2 bedside tables, 2 commodes, a console sofa, 6 armchairs, 6 chairs and 2 footstools) was delivered in 1860 by the house of Fourdinois. The 2 tapestries depict the Triumph of Mars and the Triumph of Religion, from cartoons by Noel Coypel, 1628-1707. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Roi or King's Bedroom, with walls lined with red silk from Tours, furniture made in 1770 and 4-poster bed, restored in 1995, in the Chateau d'Usse, built 15th - 17th century in medieval and Renaissance style, in Rigny-Usse, Indre-et-Loire, France. Mannequins wearing period costumes are part of a 2022 exhibition 'Telle Mere, Telle Fille'. An existing ruined castle was rebuilt from 1440s by Jean V de Breuil and later rebuilt by Charles d'Espinay. The chateau is owned by the duc de Blacas and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre de Psyche, with 17th century tapestry of the story of Psyche, originally bedroom of the duchess of Sully, with early 18th century furniture including a red canopy bed, at the Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire, begun 14th century by Raymond du Temple for Gui VI de La Tremoille, in Loiret, France. The castle has been home to the lords of Sully, the La Tremoilles and the Bethunes. It is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King's bedroom, originally the bedroom of the dukes then used for royal visits, with portrait of Henri IV, blue canopy bed and tapestries depicting the story of Psyche, at the Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire, begun 14th century by Raymond du Temple for Gui VI de La Tremoille, in Loiret, France. The castle has been home to the lords of Sully, the La Tremoilles and the Bethunes. It is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Catherine de Medici, with 16th century Flemish tapestries of the life of Samson, canopy bed and Renaissance tiled floor, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, built 1514–22 in late Gothic and early Renaissance style, on the River Cher near Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France. On the wall is the Education of Cupid, 1525, by Antonio da Correggio. The chateau was extended on a bridge across the river, commissioned by Diane de Poitiers and built 1556-59 by Philibert de l'Orme, with a gallery added 1570–76 by Jean Bullant. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chambre du Roi, or King's Bedroom, on the second floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The room is decorated in the style of Henri III, and was used by the close circle of the King, for audiences, meetings and entertainment, as well as as a bedroom. The room has hand-painted wallpaper, a 4-poster bed, tiled floor and painted ceiling, and was restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room known as the Bedroom of Catherine de Medici, who acquired the castle in 1560, with tapestry and 4-poster bed, in the Chateau de Chaumont, Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, a 10th century Burgundian castle rebuilt in the 15th century by Charles I d'Amboise. The castle is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of the Comtesse de Seve, furnished c. 1750, with alcove bed, wood panelling and parquet floor, at the Chateau de Flecheres, built 1610-16 by Jean de Seve, in Dombes, Fareins, Ain, France. This room was used by Marguerite de Seve, countess of Flecheres. The chateau was built on an earlier 12th century fortress and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom, with yellow damask 17th century canopied bed and paintings from the Palazzo Cesano, and 17th century wooden furniture, in the Palazzo Borromeo, on Isola Madre, the largest of the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. On the left is the portrait of cardinal Carlo Borromeo (posthumously sainted), painting, 1580, by Daniele Crespi. The palace was built in the 16th century for the Borromeo family, designed by Pellegrino Pellegrini or Il Tibaldi. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Napoleon's Room, formerly the Alcove Room, where Napoleon and Josephine de Beauharnais stayed on 17th August 1797, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. In the alcove is a large 18th century canopy bed, while the rest of the decor is Empire Style. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rimbaud wounded, depicting Arthur Rimbaud, 1854-91, French poet, recovering in bed after being injured by Paul Verlaine, oil painting on mahogany panel, 1873, by Jef Rosman, in the Musee Arthur Rimbaud, opened in 1969 in the Vieux-Moulin, a former water mill on the river Meuse in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. The city is on the Rimbaud Verlaine Trail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man reclining on a day bed, with grapes and a snake beneath, relief from the top of a niche, probably from a Christian shrine at the Luxor Temple, 5th - 6th century AD, limestone, from Luxor, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, with the Virgin breastfeeding the Christ child in a bed, St Joseph and animals eating at the manger, relief, detail from the altarpiece of Santa Maria la Blanca, by a workshop of alabaster sculptors based at the monastery in the 14th century, at the Monestir Sant Joan de les Abadesses, in San Juan de las Abadesas, Ripolles, Catalonia, Spain. The monastery was founded in 885 by Guifre el Pilos, or count Wilfred the Hairy, originally as a female monastery, for his daughter Emma. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Guest bedroom, with red curtains and a red canopied bed, in the Castle of Pubol, now the Gala Dali Castle House-Museum, in Pubol, Baix Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Dali bought the castle in 1969 for his wife Gala, and restored and renovated it. Gala was buried in the crypt in 1982 and Dali lived and worked here 1982-84. The castle was originally built in the 11th century and the Church of Sant Pere de Pubol was built 1327-41 in Gothic style. The site opened as a museum in 1996, managed by the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gala's bedroom, with a blue canopied bed, in the Castle of Pubol, now the Gala Dali Castle House-Museum, in Pubol, Baix Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Dali bought the castle in 1969 for his wife Gala, and restored and renovated it. Gala was buried in the crypt in 1982 and Dali lived and worked here 1982-84. The castle was originally built in the 11th century and the Church of Sant Pere de Pubol was built 1327-41 in Gothic style. The site opened as a museum in 1996, managed by the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Sommeil, also known as Les Deux Amies, Les Dormeuses and Paresse et Luxure, oil painting, 1866, by Gustave Courbet, 1819-77, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, in the Petit Palais, Paris, France. The painting depicts 2 female lovers asleep and entwined, in a bed, and was commissioned by collector Khalil-Bey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Middle shelf left: day bed of Duchesse d’Angouleme Louis XVI era from Chateau de Saint Cloud, 1804-15, First Empire era. Bottom left: desk with painted winged griffons by Vincent Auriol from the Elysee Palace, 1947-59. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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