Architecture & Wartime Use · France
Chenonceau’s Gallery Became a Hospital Ward and an Escape Route
The gallery over the River Cher began as court architecture. Its position made it useful in two wars.
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Chenonceau’s Gallery Became a Hospital Ward and an Escape Route
How a Renaissance crossing served medical care in one war and passage into unoccupied France from 1940 to 1942.
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