 Château de Gaillon

The Château de Gaillon is a renaissance castle located in Gaillon, Normandy region of France.The somewhat battered and denuded Château de Gaillon, begun in 1502 on ancient foundations was the summer archiepiscopal residence of Georges d'Amboise, Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen; he made of the old "château-fort" a palatial Early Renaissance structure of unparalleled luxury and magnificence, the most ambitious and significant French building project of its time.