FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : SECOND FLOOR, HALL (OR VESTIBULE) WEST. THE STONE COFFERED CEILINGS OF THE 2ND FLOOR

---

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : SECOND FLOOR, HALL (OR VESTIBULE) WEST. THE STONE COFFERED CEILINGS OF THE 2ND FLOOR ROOMS AROUND THE STAIRCASE ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE TERRACES. THE RICH DECOR ALTERNATES THE INITIAL OF FRANCIS I (F) AND THE CROWNED SALAMANDER SWALLOWING FLAMES OR SPITTING DROPS OF WATER, WHICH ILLUSTRATES HIS MOTTO, "NUTRISCO AND EXTINGO", "I EAT THE GOOD FIRE, I PUT OUT THE BAD FIRE. "

---

Size: 4598px × 3448px
Photo credit: © Stephane COMPOINT / Onlyfrance.fr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1er, 41, arch, castle, castles, ceiling, chambord, chateau, chateaux, cher, compoint, de, eu, europe, france, francois, heritage, horizontal, la, loir, loir--cher, loire, onlyfrance, renaissance, stairs, stephane, val, western