{"id":6209,"date":"2024-08-13T16:35:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2026-01-11T19:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:36:58","slug":"chambord-un-reve-dorgueil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chambord-un-reve-dorgueil\/","title":{"rendered":"Chambord, a dream of pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>\"Beautiful as a fairy palace, grand as a king's palace\".<\/em>, said Victor Hugo. <em>\"A monument to pride<\/em>according to Flaubert. Fran\u00e7ois 1st created Chambord, the symbol of the Renaissance, on the borders of the Loire Valley and Sologne. Everything here is the result of the will and choices of one man.<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chambord-un-reve-dorgueil\/#Un_chateau_construit_sur_des_terrains_marecageux\" >A castle built on marshy ground<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/chambord-un-reve-dorgueil\/#Des_esquisses_de_Leonard_de_Vinci\" >Sketches by Leonardo da Vinci?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-\u00a9Forget-1-1024x681-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Domaine national de Chambord. Fran\u00e7ois Ier fut un tr\u00e8s grand amateur de chasse et choisit ses r\u00e9sidences au voisinage des r\u00e9serves de gibier. \u00a9 Forget.\" data-rl_caption=\"Domaine national de Chambord. Fran\u00e7ois Ier fut un tr\u00e8s grand amateur de chasse et choisit ses r\u00e9sidences au voisinage des r\u00e9serves de gibier. \u00a9 Forget.\" title=\"National estate of Chambord. Fran\u00e7ois I was a great lover of hunting and chose to live in the vicinity of game reserves \u00a9 Forget.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-\u00a9Forget-1-1024x681-Copier-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"National estate of Chambord. Fran\u00e7ois I was a great lover of hunting and chose to live in the vicinity of game reserves \u00a9 Forget.\" class=\"wp-image-6211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-\u00a9Forget-1-1024x681-Copier-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-\u00a9Forget-1-1024x681-Copier-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-\u00a9Forget-1-1024x681-Copier-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-\u00a9Forget-1-1024x681-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-\u00a9Forget-1-1024x681-Copier-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-\u00a9Forget-1-1024x681-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-\u00a9Forget-1-1024x681-Copier.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>National estate of Chambord. Fran\u00e7ois I was a great lover of hunting and chose to live in the vicinity of game reserves \u00a9 Forget.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ier_(roi_de_France)\">Francis 1st<\/a> (1494-1547) founded a new lineage, the Valois, so the ch\u00e2teau took on dynastic and... diplomatic significance. 440 rooms, 800 capitals, 80 staircases. And a forest full of game for hunting: wild rabbits and, emerging from the leaves like a dazzle, long pheasants. This forest park of 5,440 hectares, 1,000 of which are open to the public, was once royal. With woods, ponds and a 33 km wall surrounding the hunting grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Un_chateau_construit_sur_des_terrains_marecageux\"><\/span>A castle built on marshy ground<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-contrast-Chambord-2023-24-1024x683-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Chambord vue de drone. L&rsquo;attachement de Fran\u00e7ois 1er pour ce site solitaire l&rsquo;amena \u00e0 s\u00e9journer au ch\u00e2teau le plus souvent possible \u00e0 partir de 1539 ; il ne vit pourtant jamais sa somptueuse r\u00e9sidence achev\u00e9e.\" data-rl_caption=\"Chambord vue de drone. L&#039;attachement de Fran\u00e7ois 1er pour ce site solitaire l&#039;amena \u00e0 s\u00e9journer au ch\u00e2teau le plus souvent possible \u00e0 partir de 1539 ; il ne vit pourtant jamais sa somptueuse r\u00e9sidence achev\u00e9e.\" title=\"Chambord seen from a drone. Fran\u00e7ois 1st&#039;s attachment to this solitary site led him to stay at the ch\u00e2teau as often as possible from 1539 onwards, although he never saw his sumptuous residence completed.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-contrast-Chambord-2023-24-1024x683-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chambord seen from a drone. Fran\u00e7ois 1st&#039;s attachment to this solitary site led him to stay at the ch\u00e2teau as often as possible from 1539 onwards, although he never saw his sumptuous residence completed. \" class=\"wp-image-6212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-contrast-Chambord-2023-24-1024x683-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-contrast-Chambord-2023-24-1024x683-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-contrast-Chambord-2023-24-1024x683-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-contrast-Chambord-2023-24-1024x683-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-contrast-Chambord-2023-24-1024x683-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-contrast-Chambord-2023-24-1024x683-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drone-contrast-Chambord-2023-24-1024x683-Copier.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chambord as seen from a drone. Fran\u00e7ois 1st's attachment to this solitary site led him to stay at the ch\u00e2teau as often as possible from 1539 onwards, although he never saw his sumptuous residence completed. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p> <br>\"Cambo Ritos\" is Old Celtic for \"the ford on the bend\". Chambord could not divert the course of the Cosson, but rests on oak pillars sunk up to 12 m deep. The jewel of Renaissance architecture required 200,000 tonnes of tuffeau stone, a fine-grained Touraine limestone that is easy to carve. It was brought from Bourr\u00e9, near Montrichard, by boat to the port of Chambord at Saint-Dy\u00e9-sur-Loire and then by cart. The king wanted to control construction. Each time he visited, he did not hesitate to improve the layout of the ch\u00e2teau. What was the influence of Leonardo da Vinci, who lived next door at the Ch\u00e2teau du Chambord? <a href=\"https:\/\/vinci-closluce.com\/fr\">Clos-Luc\u00e9<\/a> ? It is now accepted that <em>\"first painter, first engineer and first architect to the king<\/em>as Fran\u00e7ois 1st liked to call it, influenced the architecture of the ch\u00e2teau.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chambre-de-Parade-\u00a9Leonard-de-Serres-1024x550-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chambord. Chambre de parade. \u00a9 Leonard de Serres.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chambord. Chambre de parade. \u00a9 Leonard de Serres.\" title=\"Chambord castle. Parade room. Leonard de Serres.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chambre-de-Parade-\u00a9Leonard-de-Serres-1024x550-Copier-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"Chambord castle. Parade room. Leonard de Serres.\" class=\"wp-image-6222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chambre-de-Parade-\u00a9Leonard-de-Serres-1024x550-Copier-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chambre-de-Parade-\u00a9Leonard-de-Serres-1024x550-Copier-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chambre-de-Parade-\u00a9Leonard-de-Serres-1024x550-Copier-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chambre-de-Parade-\u00a9Leonard-de-Serres-1024x550-Copier-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chambre-de-Parade-\u00a9Leonard-de-Serres-1024x550-Copier-600x322.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chambre-de-Parade-\u00a9Leonard-de-Serres-1024x550-Copier-36x19.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chambre-de-Parade-\u00a9Leonard-de-Serres-1024x550-Copier.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chambord castle. Parade room. Leonard de Serres.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The king is very Christian, with a temporal and a sacred function. On the second floor, in the cross-shaped room, we see alternating Fs and salamanders: some swallow fire and others spit water. At Chambord, the salamander appears more than 300 times on the ceilings and walls. Along with the king's motto : <em>\"Nutrisco and extinguo<\/em>I nurture (the good fire), I extinguish (the bad)\".<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chateau-\u00a9Sophie-Lloyd-5-1024x683-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chambord. La salamandre, est le symbole du roi Fran\u00e7ois 1er. On la trouve ainsi reproduite dans les d\u00e9cors des r\u00e9sidences royales fran\u00e7aises de la Renaissance, crachant du feu ou de l\u2019eau et aur\u00e9ol\u00e9e d\u2019une couronne. Elle est aussi souvent accompagn\u00e9e du chiffre du roi, un \u00abF\u00bb majuscule couronn\u00e9.\" data-rl_caption=\"Ch\u00e2teau de Chambord. La salamandre, est le symbole du roi Fran\u00e7ois 1er. On la trouve ainsi reproduite dans les d\u00e9cors des r\u00e9sidences royales fran\u00e7aises de la Renaissance, crachant du feu ou de l\u2019eau et aur\u00e9ol\u00e9e d\u2019une couronne. Elle est aussi souvent accompagn\u00e9e du chiffre du roi, un \u00abF\u00bb majuscule couronn\u00e9. \u00a9 Sophie Lloyd.\" title=\"Chambord castle. The salamander is the symbol of King Fran\u00e7ois 1st. It is reproduced in the decor of French royal residences during the Renaissance, spitting fire or water and wearing a crown. It is also often accompanied by the king&#039;s cipher, a crowned capital &quot;F&quot;.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chateau-\u00a9Sophie-Lloyd-5-1024x683-Copier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chambord castle. The salamander is the symbol of King Fran\u00e7ois 1st. It is reproduced in the decor of French royal residences during the Renaissance, spitting fire or water and wearing a crown. It is also often accompanied by the king&#039;s cipher, a crowned capital &quot;F&quot;.\" class=\"wp-image-6220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chateau-\u00a9Sophie-Lloyd-5-1024x683-Copier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chateau-\u00a9Sophie-Lloyd-5-1024x683-Copier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chateau-\u00a9Sophie-Lloyd-5-1024x683-Copier-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chateau-\u00a9Sophie-Lloyd-5-1024x683-Copier-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chateau-\u00a9Sophie-Lloyd-5-1024x683-Copier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chateau-\u00a9Sophie-Lloyd-5-1024x683-Copier-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Chateau-\u00a9Sophie-Lloyd-5-1024x683-Copier.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chambord castle. The salamander is the symbol of King Fran\u00e7ois 1st. It is reproduced in the decor of French royal residences during the Renaissance, spitting fire or water and wearing a crown. It is also often accompanied by the king's cipher, a crowned capital \"F\". Sophie Lloyd.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Crowns crown the salamanders or encircle the \"F\" of Fran\u00e7ois. They are all \"imperial\", i.e. closed and surmounted by a globe and a cross. This is a reference to Charlemagne, the only king of France to have also been emperor. On the terrace, the crowns are different: open and adorned with a knotted Franciscan rope. They evoke the king <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_IX\">Saint-Louis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sober decoration of the ch\u00e2teau's interior is followed by the rich ornamentation of its roofs.<br>The layout is organised around the keep. A strange staircase rises in the middle of a huge Greek cross-shaped vestibule. Two flights of steps wind around each other, around a central core. You can see yourself from one staircase to the other. Two people can go up and down without meeting. Like a propeller, the castle seems to turn on itself and fly towards the lantern tower and the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Des_esquisses_de_Leonard_de_Vinci\"><\/span>Sketches by Leonardo da Vinci?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chambord_Pics-B.Postel-1-Copier.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"Chambord. Au deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9tage, les vo\u00fbtes \u00e0 caissons sculpt\u00e9s de la salamandre et des monogrammes royaux, recouvrent le plafond de la salle. Au fond, le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre escalier \u00e0 double r\u00e9volution. La forme surbaiss\u00e9e des vo\u00fbtes est dite en \u00ab\u00a0anse de panier\u00a0\u00bb, et constitue un v\u00e9ritable d\u00e9fi en termes de construction.\" data-rl_caption=\"Chambord. Au deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9tage, les vo\u00fbtes \u00e0 caissons sculpt\u00e9s de la salamandre et des monogrammes royaux, recouvrent le plafond de la salle. Au fond, le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre escalier \u00e0 double r\u00e9volution. La forme surbaiss\u00e9e des vo\u00fbtes est dite en &quot;anse de panier&quot;, et constitue un v\u00e9ritable d\u00e9fi en termes de construction.\" title=\"Chambord. On the second floor, the coffered vaults sculpted with the salamander and the royal monograms cover the ceiling of the room. At the far end, the famous double spiral staircase. The lowered shape of the vaults is known as a &quot;basket-handle&quot;, and represents a real challenge in terms of construction.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chambord_Pics-B.Postel-1-Copier-1024x478.jpeg\" alt=\"Chambord. On the second floor, the coffered vaults sculpted with the salamander and the royal monograms cover the ceiling of the room. At the far end, the famous double spiral staircase. The lowered shape of the vaults is known as a &quot;basket-handle&quot;, and represents a real challenge in terms of construction.\" class=\"wp-image-6219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chambord_Pics-B.Postel-1-Copier-1024x478.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chambord_Pics-B.Postel-1-Copier-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chambord_Pics-B.Postel-1-Copier-768x358.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chambord_Pics-B.Postel-1-Copier-18x8.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chambord_Pics-B.Postel-1-Copier-600x280.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chambord_Pics-B.Postel-1-Copier-36x17.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chambord_Pics-B.Postel-1-Copier.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chambord. On the second floor, the coffered vaults sculpted with the salamander and the royal monograms cover the ceiling of the room. At the far end, the famous double spiral staircase. The lowered shape of the vaults is known as a \"basket-handle\", and represents a real challenge in terms of construction. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>This double spiral staircase leads to the flats, now almost deserted, and above all to the roofs. Surprise: the staircase is triple! From the 3rd floor upwards, the central void in the middle of the 2 flights of steps is occupied by a 3rd staircase that rises to a height of 20 m, housed in the core of the main staircase and built over the void. Never before seen! An identical sketch can be found in Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks. Leonardo had been dead for a long time when the staircase was built, but it is likely that he was the inspiration behind it. This \"Jacob's ladder\" allows you to climb to the top (58 m) of the lantern tower, crowned with a fleur-de-lys instead of a cross. It was to become the official crown of the monarchy.<br>You're in the sky, as close to God as you can get. As in a church, the staircase is supported by flying buttresses. On one of them is written \"1533\".<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Lanternons-restaures-\u00a9LeonarddeSerres-32-1-1024x1489-Copier.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"Chambord. Les lanternons ont \u00e9t\u00e9 restaur\u00e9s de 2021 \u00e0 2023. \u00a9 Leonard de Serres.\" data-rl_caption=\"Chambord. Les lanternons ont \u00e9t\u00e9 restaur\u00e9s de 2021 \u00e0 2023. \u00a9 Leonard de Serres.\" title=\"Chambord. The lanterns were restored between 2021 and 2023. Leonard de Serres.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Lanternons-restaures-\u00a9LeonarddeSerres-32-1-1024x1489-Copier.jpg\" alt=\"Chambord. The lanterns were restored between 2021 and 2023. Leonard de Serres.\" class=\"wp-image-6214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Lanternons-restaures-\u00a9LeonarddeSerres-32-1-1024x1489-Copier.jpg 528w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Lanternons-restaures-\u00a9LeonarddeSerres-32-1-1024x1489-Copier-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Lanternons-restaures-\u00a9LeonarddeSerres-32-1-1024x1489-Copier-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Lanternons-restaures-\u00a9LeonarddeSerres-32-1-1024x1489-Copier-413x600.jpg 413w, https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Domaine-national-de-Chambord-Lanternons-restaures-\u00a9LeonarddeSerres-32-1-1024x1489-Copier-17x24.jpg 17w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chambord. The lanterns were restored between 2021 and 2023. Leonard de Serres.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Chambord was a dream of pride. Charles V, Fran\u00e7ois I's greatest enemy, was going to fight a Protestant revolt in Flanders. Francis I (who had been his prisoner after the defeat at Pavia) authorised him to cross the country and wanted to dazzle him. He invited him to Chambord (1539). The horsemen saw the bright blue of the slate, the white of the tufa and the statues. The emperor only spent one night at Chambord, but was very impressed. He confided that he had <em> \"I've never seen anything more beautiful than this palace rising from the depths of the woods<\/em> \".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner of the Battle of Marignan (he was 20 at the time) reigned for 32 years, but only lived in Chambord for 42 days. The castle was bought by the state in 1930.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chambord.org\">www.chambord.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chambord is located 17 km from Blois in the department of Loir-et-Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire region.<br>426 rooms, around forty flats, 77 staircases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read more : <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faton.fr\/dossiers-de-lart\/numero-109\/chambord\/leonard-vinci-francois-ier.15119.php#article_15119\">Chambord. Dossier de l'Art n\u00b0 109<\/a>. 2004. Editions Faton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Text : <\/strong>Mich\u00e8le Lasseur<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"Beautiful as a fairy palace, grand as a king's palace\", said Victor Hugo. \"A monument of pride\", according to Flaubert. 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