RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



At St Germain- 

 en-Laye, on an emi- 

 nence overlooking 

 the Seine, stood a 

 fortified castle which 

 Francis I. trans- 

 formed into a plea- 

 sure house. In his 

 buildings here, 

 various uses are 

 made of brick both 

 as dressings in com- 

 bination with ashlar 

 and plastered wall- 

 ing, and as walling 

 material with stone 

 dressings. The 

 chateau has other 

 peculiarities. It has 

 a court of irregular 



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CASTLE OF ST GERMAIN-EN-LAYE : 

 VIEW IN COURT. 



rhomboidal plan (Fig. 

 68), a legacy from the 

 fortress, and is in some 

 respects more Italian, 

 in others more French 

 than most of its con- 

 temporaries. The 

 Italian feature is the 

 abandonment of steep 

 roofs in favour of 

 balustraded terraces, 

 broken only by the 

 massive chimney- 

 stacks and the cupolas 

 over the staircases. 

 These terraces are of 

 stone and carried on 

 vaults maintained in 

 equilibrium by the 



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CASTLE OF ST GERMAIN-EN-LAYE. 

 PLAN : FROM DU CERCEAU. 



