 Continuing along the axis one passed through a smaller "cour d'honneur" enclosed by matching ranges each with a central dome and end pavilions.There was a central fountain.Beyond was the rectangular moat that surrounded the château itself, with its inner court, reached across a central draw-bridge leading to the grand domed gatehouse, a handsome structure with Hercules and Mars in niches on either side and a statue of Louis XIII above, with a statue of Fame crowning the dome.