Excerpt from Quelques Renseignements Inédits sur les Maîtres Maçons des Châteaux de Chambord Et d'Amboise
De tous les édifices célèbres que nous a légués la Renais sance française, les châteaux royaux des bords de la Loire sont peut - être ceux dont l'histoire a excité le plus la curie sité. L'époque exacte et les diverses circonstances de leur construction. Les noms des artistes auxquels on doit ces chefs-d'oeuvre, ont été l'objet d'avides investigations, mais il faut reconnaître que les efforts tentés pour se renseigner à ce sujet n'ont pas jusqu'ici produit des résultats entièrement satisfaisants. Il ne reste pas beaucoup 'moins de points obscurs a éclaircir qu'il n'y en a eu d'élucidés.
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