FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : WEST TERRACE, DETAIL. INSPIRED BY THE CHATEAUX OF MEHUN ON YEVRE AND SAUMUR, THE TERR

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FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : WEST TERRACE, DETAIL. INSPIRED BY THE CHATEAUX OF MEHUN ON YEVRE AND SAUMUR, THE TERRACES OFFER A UNIQUE SPECTACLE : LANTERNS, STAIRS, CHIMNEYS, AND SKYLIGHTS INTERMINGLE, ALL EXCAVATED BY THE CHISEL OF THE SCULPTOR. THE ROYAL SYMBOLS ARE LEGIONS: INITIALS OF FRANCOIS 1ST, CROWNED SALAMANDER, EMANATED CANDELABRA, FLEURS DE LYS, ETC. THE COURTYARD SPENT MOST OF ITS TIME ON THE TERRACES. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CENTRAL STAIRCASE CONTINUES IN A SINGLE PROPELLER, WHICH ENDS IN THE LANTERN.

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Location: FRANCE. VAL DE LOIRE
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