 "At Gaillon the possibilities of the terraced site are ignored as also had been the case at Blois, and the use of ramps or stairs to achieve an architectural unity did not seem as yet a possibility" (Adams 1969 p 18).At Gaillon Charles Cardinal de Bourbon succeeded Cardinal d'Amboise.For him an avenue was cut through the woods of the uppermost garden level; it led to a terrace cut into the wooded slope with the "Maison Blanche", a two-story white marble pavilion with an arcaded lower story that was set on an artificial island at the end of a short canal; at the other end was a "hermitage" of rockwork rising from the center of a square water tank.