The Château de Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire. a French Renaissance chateau (1519–1547). Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley; it was

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The Château de Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire. a French Renaissance chateau (1519–1547). 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.

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