FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : LIVING ROOM OF THE APARTMENT OF CHARLES V (16TH CENTURY). IN 1539, FRANCIS I RECEIVED

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FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : LIVING ROOM OF THE APARTMENT OF CHARLES V (16TH CENTURY). IN 1539, FRANCIS I RECEIVED HIS GREAT RIVAL, THE EMPEROR CHARLES V. FOR THIS EVENT, ALL THE SPLENDOR AVAILABLE IS DEPLOYED TO IMPRESS THE ROYAL GUEST (IT SEEMS ON THIS OCCASION OF THIS STAY THAT THE LANTERNS OF THE TOWERS WERE GILDED). FRANCIS I LODGES THE EMPEROR IN THIS HOUSE, WHOSE WALLS ARE COVERED WITH EMBROIDERED BLACK VELVET. IN THE 17TH CENTURY, THIS APARTMENT IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE PRINCE DE CONTI, COUSIN OF LOUIS XIV. IN THE 18TH CENTURY, HE RECEIVED THE GUESTS OF STANISLAUS LESZCYNSKI OR MARSHAL SAXE. IN THE ACOVE, A BED WITH A BALDACHIN SAID "TO THE POLONAISE".

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