Château de Chenonceau
The Château de Chenonceau in the Loire Valley belonged to Henry II’s mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who commissioned the bridge over the River Cher. It’s apparently due to this bridge that the castle is still standing today—during the French Revolution, the owner saved it from demolition by claiming the attached bridge was important to commerce since it was the only bridge across the river for miles. It is this bridge that also allowed people to flee from Nazi-occupied Germany into the Vichy Government’s stronghold.