Blois used to house the Royal Palace before it was moved to Paris. And It was from Blois that we got the fleur-de-lys as a symbol of French royalty. Needless to say, the Chateau de Blois was full of the damn things.
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| Chateau de Blois |
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| The Throne - covered in the damn things |
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| Inside the Chateau |
In the afternoon we took a bus out to one of the grandest and largest Chateaus of them all, the Chateau de Chambord:
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| To scale |
The Chateau de Chambord is rumoured to be designed by Leonardo da Vinci - it is based on a modular design and has a double spiral staircase at its centre which bears an uncanny resemblance to the DNA do.uble helix.
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| Okay, the interior of the staircase looks more like 2001 |
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And the upstairs roof area reminded me of Gormenghast
Chambord Is what I would call an unhaunted house. It's to big for any kind of homeliness or comfort. Only sections of it have been in use at any given time, it's more an act of conspicuous consumption than a domicile.
Glad you liked the fleur de lys which I told you to look out for. Mum
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