Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Château de Chaumont

A castle existed here since the 10th century, but when Pierre d'Amboise unsuccessfully rebelled against Louis XI the castle was dismantled on royal order in 1465. It got rebuilt and acquired by Catherine de Medici. After the death of Henry II, she forced his mistress Diane de Poitiers, to exchange Château de Chaumont for Château de Chenonceau. It changed hands quite often. In 1810 Madame de Staël, exiled from Paris by Napoleon, finished "De l'Allemagne" here. The Château de Chaumont meanwhile hosts a museum www.domaine-chaumont.fr/en_general_accueil

I had stayed overnight in a nice "chambre d ́hotes" in Onzain on the right side of the Loire. A bridge spans over the Loire here. The Via Turonensis runs through Chaumont sur Loire and turns "inland" just after the castle. The Château de Chaumont was once owned by Catherine de Medici, who entertained here numerous astrologers, among them Nostradamus. Later she forced her husband´s mistress Diane de Poitiers, to exchange Château de Chaumont for Château de Chenonceau.