Editing Château de Chenonceau (section)

==Description==
[[File:Chenonceau-20050320.jpg|thumb|View of the château from the edge of the formal gardens to the west of the residence. The medieval [[keep]] to the left is the last vestige of the previous château, located in what is now the forecourt, still surrounded by moats.]]

An architectural mixture of late [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] and early [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]], Château de Chenonceau and its gardens are open to the public. Other than the Royal [[Palace of Versailles]], it is the most visited château in France.

The château has been designated as a ''[[Monument historique]]'' since 1840 by the [[French Ministry of Culture]].<ref name =MoC/> Today, Chenonceau is a major tourist attraction and in 2007 received around 800,000&nbsp;visitors.{{sfn|Garrett|2010|p=xxii}}