FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF AMBOISE : COUNCIL CHAMBER. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE KING

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FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF AMBOISE : COUNCIL CHAMBER. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE KING'S COURT DURING THE RENAISSANCE. ON LEFT, THE GOTHIC CHIMNEY WITH THE EMBLEMS OF CHARLES VIII (FLAMING SWORD OR WEBBED). IN CENTER, THE ROYAL THRONE, ADORNED WITH A FLEUR-DE-LIS DAI. THE CENTRAL PILLARS ARE DECORATED WITH FLEURS-DE-LIS AND SPECKLES OF ERMINE, EMBLEMS OF THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE AND THE DUCHY OF BRITTANY. ON THE CEILING, THE MONOGRAMS OF CHARLES VIII (INTERLACING OF C) AND ANNE OF BRITTANY (LETTER A).

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Location: FRANCE. VAL DE LOIRE
Photo credit: © Stephane COMPOINT / Onlyfrance.fr / Alamy / Afripics
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