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Salle de Beruges, Chateau de la Mercerie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Salle de Beruges, with wood panelling, oil paintings, and a huge carved white oak canopy from the Notre-Dame-du-Pin abbey in Beruges, Vienne, in the Chateau de la Mercerie, a 19th century Gothic Revival chateau enlarged in Italian Renaissance style in the 20th century, aerial view, in Magnac-Lavalette-Villars, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The chateau was bought in 1924 by brothers Alphonse and Raymond Rethore, who built the long Italianate wing 1947-70, prompting its nickname Versailles Charentais'. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No
14068514
Media ID
46203029
Size
6909px x 7087px (11.2MB)
Credit
© Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009

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Alphonse Aquitaine Bought Canopy Charente Enlarged Italianate Neo-renaissance Nickname Nouvelle-aquitaine Panelling Prompting Revival Salle Stately Vienne Woodwork


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