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The double-spiral staircase. One of the architectural highlights is the spectacular open double-spiral staircase that is the centrepiece of the château. [1] The two spirals ascend the three floors without ever meeting, illuminated from above by a sort of light house at the highest point of the château.
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Inside the building, the Hôtel des Italiens is notable for the double helix or double spiral staircase, inspired by that of the Château de Chambord and with the same objective: to allow two populations to take the same staircase without meeting, one flight (with double balustrade) for the management and the other (single balustrade) for ...
Chambord (/ ʃ ɒ̃ ˈ b ɔː r /, US also / ʃ æ m ˈ b ɔː r d /, [citation needed] French: [ʃɑ̃bɔʁ]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, region of Centre-Val de Loire. [3] It is best known for its Château de Chambord , part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site .
A staircase or stairway is one or more flights of stairs leading from one floor to another, and includes landings, newel posts, handrails, balustrades, and additional parts. [4] In buildings, stairs is a term applied to a complete flight of steps between two floors. A stair flight is a run of stairs or steps
A spiral staircase in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.Several helical curves in the staircase project to hyperbolic spirals in its photograph.. A hyperbolic spiral is a type of spiral with a pitch angle that increases with distance from its center, unlike the constant angles of logarithmic spirals or decreasing angles of Archimedean spirals.
Spiral staircase (double helix) in the Vatican Museums The concept of stairs is believed to be 8000 years old, and are one of the oldest buildings in architectural history. [ 4 ] The oldest example of spiral stairs dates back to the 400s BC . [ 5 ]
The chapel was commissioned by the Sisters of Loretto for their girls' school, Loretto Academy, in 1873. Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy had brought in two French architects, Antoine Mouly and his son Projectus, to work on the St. Francis Cathedral project, and suggested that the Sisters could make use of their services on the side to build a much-needed chapel for the academy. [4]