12 June 2021

Montpoupon en 2012

We visited the Château de Montpoupon in 2012, spending the afternoon there after having lunch in the nearby
Auberge du Château restaurant. Here are a few photos I took in the main courtyard. We also wandered around
inside the corps de logis (the main building) for the first time since 2003 and spent some time in
the old kitchen, which was "modernized" in the 19th century and still in service in the 20th.

More photos to come...







That's Walt you see in the first photo above, and that's our friend Peter Hertzmann in the last one.

11 comments:

  1. Interesting views of the main building. Any idea what material those urns are made of? Bronze? Terra cotta? Concrete ;-)?

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    1. Those urns are terra cotta. They are called Anduze urns and are a specialty of Anduze, France. The ones here are "flame glazed." Here's a place that carries them:

      https://www.chezpluie.com/collections/artisan-anduze-urns-biot-jars

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    2. Thank you D and K for the link.

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  2. Am thoroughly enjoying all these photos of a truly classic chateau!

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  3. This is a very attractive chateau. I especially like the ‘little people’ at the top corners of the doors and windows (I know there’s a name for those figures) and the beautiful, Rapunzel esque turret in the last picture. Thank you!

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    1. BettyAnn, I think the word you're looking for is mascaron.

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    2. I'd say putti but they don't look naked.

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    3. In some cases, It could be also grotesques, but in this case, I'd stick with mascarons. Putti are mostly full figure naked angelots.

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