Dans un article en anglais paru dans The Connexion, Gary Lee Kraut examine la recherche d’autosuffisance financière de Chambord sous la direction de Jean d’Haussonville, interviewé pour cet article.
This year, the 500th anniversary of his ascension to the French throne, the Loire Valley has been besieged by portraits of King Francis I. Broad-shouldered, long-nosed, standing 1m98 and therefore the tallest leader France has ever had, Francis I brought the Valois-Angouleme branch to the forefront of the kingdom, pursued a French obsession with conquest in Italy, declared French (rather than Latin) the official language of the kingdom, and encouraged the flourishing of the arts and architecture of the Renaissance in France.
Jean d’Haussonville, directeur général du domaine national de Chambord. Photo Gary Lee Kraut
As the commemorative year draws to a close, Francis I continues to loom large at the National Domain of Chambord, 16 km east of Blois, just as he has ever since he ordered its construction in 1519. Already Jean d’Haussonville, managing director of the National Domain of Chambord, is looking ahead to that quincentary in four years. He’s looking forward not only to a further reason to celebrate the king’s most spectacular construction, France’s largest and purest royal chateau of the Renaissance, and its situation within Europe’s largest enclosed reserve. He’s also looking forward to 2019 because, if all goes according to plan, Chambord will then be on the cusp of financial self-sufficiency.
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Cet article paraît dans le numero de décembre de The Connexion, “France’s English-language newpaper”, disponible en kiosque ou par abonnement en ligne sur le site de The Connexion.