S6#87 🌞😎🇺🇸🇬🇧“Ancy-le-Franc, when architecture invents an ideal"

A rare palace, combining Italian rigor and French elegance, manifesting a humanist dream carved in stone. In the heart of Burgundy, the Château d’Ancy-le-Franc embodies the utopia of ideal Renaissance architecture. Designed by Sebastiano Serlio, a leading theorist, the castle asserts the rigor of its quadrangular plan and the symmetry of its facades. Its main courtyard, punctuated by pilasters, shell-shaped niches, and French roofs, reflects a unique dialogue between Italy and France. Inside, Mannerist decorations and painted galleries extend this architectural language into a humanist manifesto. Come and discover one of the purest masterpieces of the French Renaissance — a place where time stands still. Image teaser DR © Château d'Ancy-le-Franc (video screenshot) Sound : Com d'Archi podcast ____ If you like the podcast do not hesitate: . to subscribe so you don't miss the next episodes, . to leave us stars and a comment :-), . to follow us on Instagram @comdarchipodcast to find beautiful images, always chosen with care, so as to enrich your view on the subject. Nice week to all of you ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.