Diane's castle

I hadn't been to Anet more than once, a long time ago, but I still remembered having caught a glimpse of the castle of Diane de Poitiers when driving through with a customer in the business of editing books. It must have been in the late eighties. We didn't stop that day, we had a meeting with a printer and weren't exactly in advance on our schedule even though we hadn't far to go anymore.

So when DD had something he wanted to show me not far from Anet yesterday (sorry, no pictures) we decided to push some 10 km further and take a look at the castle.

We stopped nearby and took a little walk, taking also some pictures of the view, including the funeral chapel of Diane de Poitiers. She's not buried there anymore, her grave was destroyed during the revolution, but the chapel is under restauration as is the castle, or what is left of it. The revolution wasn't good for the tourists we are today.

As we weren't far from the place where a couple of our friends live, we decided to push further and say them hello. A more complete visit of the castle and the surroundings is programmed for some time in the future. No date has been fixed, but I'm sure that the castle is worth another, longer visit.