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Behind the main château, the 18th-century
Orangerie
, where many priceless
artworks, including the
Mona Lisa
, were stashed during WWII, is now a tearoom.
Near the château's gateway, the
kennels
house pedigreed French pointer/Eng-
lish foxhound hunting dogs still used by the owners of Cheverny: feeding time,
known as the
Soupe des Chiens
, takes place daily at 5pm April to September and
3pm October to March.
JOHN BANAGAN
Don't Miss
Château de Chambord
For full-blown château splendour, you can't top
Chambord
, one of the crowning ex-
amples of French Renaissance architecture, and by far the largest, grandest and most
visited château in the Loire Valley. It's worth picking up the multilingual audioguide
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