FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - AZAY LE RIDEAU CASTLE: GRAND STAIRCASE, GROUND FLOOR. BUILT ON A STRAIGHT STAIRCASE MODEL "A L'ITALIENNE

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FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - AZAY LE RIDEAU CASTLE: GRAND STAIRCASE, GROUND FLOOR. BUILT ON A STRAIGHT STAIRCASE MODEL "A L'ITALIENNE", IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE CREATIONS OF THE RENAISSANCE IN THE LOIRE VALLEY. OF GREAT MODERNITY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY IN FRANCE, IT IS BUILT IN THE CENTER OF THE MAIN HOME, NOT IN A TOWER CONTIGUOUS AND SCREWED, AS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. LANDINGS AND A HANDRAIL CARVED ON THE WALL TESTIFIES TO THE COMFORT SOUGHT IN ITS DESIGN. THE REMARKABLE COFFERED VAULTS ARE ADORNED WITH ANTIQUE MEDALLIONS REPRESENTING KINGS AND QUEENS OF FRANCE, CHARACTERS AND FANTASTIC ANIMALS.

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Location: FRANCE. VAL DE LOIRE
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