The château originally belonged to Catherine de Medici, but when her husband died, she pressured Diane de Poitiers into swapping Chaumont for the château at Chenonceau. Today, you can still see the drawbridge, which has remained intact and the 19th century Hermes saddlery in the courtyard. Between June and October, the château plays host to the International Garden Festival, with landscape gardeners coming from all over the world to create beautiful gardens around a central theme which changes from year to year. The whole place becomes awash with the colours and smells of flowers.
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