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Gallery of the Château de Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France. The gallery was commissioned by Catherine de' Medici (1519-1599). The gallery is 197 feet long (60 m) and 19.7 feet wide (6 m), hosted many lavish parties and is likely to have impressed such illustrious visitors as Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Harry Truman (1884-1972), and Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974).
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Collis, S. (2024, April 03). Gallery of the Château de Chenonceau. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18771/gallery-of-the-chateau-de-chenonceau/
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Collis, Steve. "Gallery of the Château de Chenonceau." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 03, 2024. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18771/gallery-of-the-chateau-de-chenonceau/.
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Collis, Steve. "Gallery of the Château de Chenonceau." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 03 Apr 2024. Web. 21 Feb 2025.
