Talk:Château de Chenonceau

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Everything else matches up, but this paragraph:

In 1864, Daniel Wilson, a Scotsman who had made a fortune installing gaslights throughout Paris, bought the chateau for his daughter. In the tradition of Catherine de Medici, she would spend a fortune on elaborate parties to such an extent that her finances were depleted and the chateau was seized and sold to an American.

directly contradicts this section on the official Chenonceau website:

1864

Marguerite Pelouze took possession of Chenonceau, which had been sold to her husband, the famous chemist, Théophile Pelouze, by Madame Dupin’s heirs. The fortunes of the castle were once again in the hands of an energetic and dedicated woman.

1867

After the death of her husband, Madame Pelouze proceeded with some very important construction work until 1878. She entrusted the architect Roguet with the task of giving the castle the appearance which it presumedly had at the beginning of the XVIth century. Many of the alterations carried out by Catherine de Medici were thus destroyed. The caryatids on the façade of the castle were removed and relocated to the park.

What's the origin of the Daniel Wilson story? Is there other evidence one way or the other who owned it between Dupin and Menier?

Thanks~ --Catherine | talk 07:09, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] confusing statement

"during the Second War it was a means of escaping from the Nazi occupied Vichy zone on one side of the River Cher to the free zone on the opposite bank."

This confuses me. Both parts of France were "occupied" in one sense by the Germans in WW2, though I thought troops were really only stationed in the northern and Atlantic seaboards. If someone were crossing from Vichy to occupied France, wouldn't they be going into a less free zone?

[edit] Recent addition

Anon user,

Thanks for the contribution to Château de Chenonceau, and the hard work you have put into formatting and linking it; however, the information appears to be copied from http://www.marie-stuart.co.uk/France/Chenonceau.htm . If you are the original author and copyright-holder of this material, and are willing to license it under the GNU Free Documentation License (see Wikipedia:Copyrights for details), then we can use it. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will have to be deleted, as we can not use material that is copyrighted by others in our free encyclopedia. Please respond so we can clear this up. Thank you! — Catherine\^talk 17:19, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] From 82.229.179.20( anon user) To Catherine

Before you delete anything, could you please wait a little while for me to clear the copyright situation as quickly as possible. Thank you

edit : Copyright issue has been solved since the text added here comes directly from the visit guide that anybody can buy at the castle . the work that has been done here is under direct supervision from the owners and managers of chenonceau. if you have any question please feel free to email at : info@chenonceau.com