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 Montsoreau
Amboise Le Chateau
Château de Blois 05
Château de Chambord
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
Châteaux of the Loire Valley
…tourists, while others operate as hotels or bed-and-breakfasts. Many others have been taken over by local governments, and the grandest, like those at Chambord, are owned and operated by the national government and are major tourist sites, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Though there…
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