09 May 2021

Six photos du châtelet d'entree à Carrouges, et une vidéo

The gateway (châtelet d'entrée or pavillon d'entrée) at the Château de Carrouges in lower Normandy was built in the late 1400s and early 1600s, so it's more than 500 years old now. Here are six photos I took on two different visist to Carrouges, in June 2006 and again in August 2011.







As I poked around on the internet this morning trying to find more information about Carrouges, I came across this video that you might enjoy. The soundtrack is in French.

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  1. This châtelet as its name implies in French is a small chateau by itself and very elegant to boot.
    Thank you for the nice video. It is interesting, even though I can't understand the commentary as I said before.
    I don't know if ithe chateau proper was sold furnished by the last Le Veneur, but in any case it is now by the Mobilier national.
    Last, was't the chateau used to house some of the Louvre's treasures for safekeeping during WWII?

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    1. I should have mentioned th lovely ferronnerie on pages 2 and 5.

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    2. Artwork and other treasures from Beauvais and Rouen were stored at Carrouges for safekeeping during WWII.

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  2. The first photo is my favorite. So glad to have seen this beautiful place in person!

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    1. That was a really good day. Bellême, le haras du Pin, et puis Carrouges.

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  3. Beautifully-captured photos, Ken. Thanks so much for that video, too -- interesting to watch. That guy trimming the haie has his work cut out for him (no pun intended --ha!).

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    1. Judy, ce n'est pas une haie, mais un arbre formé (topiary tree)"

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    2. Finalement, je ne trouve nulle part confirmation concernanr "l'arbre formé", mais je trouve topiaire, nom et adjectif, que ne connaît pas le CNRTL. Qui croire?

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    3. Il semble que topiaire soit entré dans l'usage sinon dans les dictionnaires. Domc on peut dire un topiaire ou un arbre topiaire.

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    4. The Grand Robert Collins dictionary gives topiaire or art topiaire, and gives jardin d'arbres taillés architecturalement for "topiary garden"... Here's the Wikipédia article about art topiaire, which I haven't read yet.

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    5. I don't know why le CNRTL says topiaire doesn't exists. I don't remember where I found arbre formé. Arbre taillé en forme? Topiary vient du Latin par le Français!?!?

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    6. Topiaire doesn't appear in the Petit Robert either. Il y a topette, tophus, topinambour, topique...

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    7. sOn trouve Topiaire, nom et adjectif, un peu partout sauf dans les dictionnaires. LOL!

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    8. Tu le trouveras sur Wiktionnaire.fr.

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