Château de Chambord
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The Château de Chambord in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture, which blends tr
Aerial view of the Château de Chambord
The château and decorative moat viewed from the north-west (2015)
The elaborately developed roofline. The keep's façade is asymmetrical, with the exception of the north-west façade, latterly revised, when the two wings were added to the château.
The double-spiral staircase
Châteaux of the Loire Valley
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The châteaux of the Loire Valley are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours along the river Loire in France.
Château de Chambord
…with classical Renaissance structures. The building was commissioned by Francis I of France and built between 1519 and 1547. Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the Château de Blois and Amboise. The original design…
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