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Today, Chambord is a major tourist attraction, and in 2007 around 700,000 people visited the château. [23] After unusually heavy rainfall, Chambord was closed to the public from 1 to 6 June 2016. The River Cosson, a tributary of the Loire, flooded its banks and the château's moat. Drone photography documented some of the peak flooding. [28]
The visual appeal of tuffeau is amply evident at the celebrated Chateau de Chambord Numerous buildings in the Loire Valley, from the most modest to the most grandiose, were built from blocks of tuffeau stone, including the Château de Beaulieu near Saumur , the Château d'Ussé and the Château de la Motte d'Usseau, and many worker's cottages ...
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 .
Just before he hit the ground, he saw his plane swerve and miss a huge white building, which turned out to be the Chateau de Chambord, one of France's Renaissance treasures. Inside, the French had hidden priceless objects from the Louvre, including the Mona Lisa. Later, when he learned what was in the chateau, he was amazed.
Château de Chambord, a French château built in the 16th century; Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, the French commune where the château is located; Chambord, Eure, a commune in the Eure département of France; Chambord, Quebec, in Canada; Henri, Count of Chambord, a pretender to the French crown from the House of Bourbon; Simca Vedette Chambord, a ...
Inside the Lescot Wing the decoration was inspired by ancient Greece. In the ballroom, the balcony for the musicians was carried by caryatides made by Jean Goujon, inspired by those on the Acropolis in Athens. Goujon was also responsible for the coffered ceiling of the right stairway of the Lescot Wing, decorated with a sculpture of hunting scenes.
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