Castles And Chateaux of Old Touraine And the Loire Country
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of Spain, who consoled himself dur- ing his captivity by constructing wolf -traps in the garden and planting cauliflowers in the great urns and vases with which the terrace was set out. There is a great portrait gallery here, where is gathered a collection of portraits in minia- ture of all the sovereigns who treated with Talleyrand during his ministerial reign, among others one of the Sultan Selim, painted from life, but in secret, since the reproduction of the human form is forbidden by the K...oran, In the Maison de Charite, in the town, be- neath the pavement of the ctapel, is found the tomb of the family of Talleyrand, where are interred the remains of Talleyrand and of Marie Therese Poniatowska, sister of the cele- brated King of Poland who served in the French army in 1806. In this chapel also is a rare treasure in the form of a chalice en- riched with precious stones, originally belong- ing to Pope Pius VI., the gift of the Princess Poniatowska. The Pavilion de la Garenne, — what in Eng- land would be called a "shooting-box," — a rendezvous for the chase, built by Talleyrand, 324 Old Touraine and the Loire Country is some distance from the chateau on the edge of the delightful little Foret de Gatrne.
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