Castle of Anet, commissioned by king Henri II in 1547 for his favorite Diane de Poitiers. Diane died there in 1566 and is buried in the nearby chapel . The…
Dry moat.
Dry moat.
Portal with a red deer (the symbol of Diane, patroness of the hunters in roman and greek mythologies) and 4 hounds. The original statues were melted during the…
Portal of the castle.
Portal of the castle.
Overview of the castle. Out of the 3 builings (the main, left and right wings) of the original castle, only the left wing subsists (right), along the royal…
Left wing, the only wing of the castle still standing.