Château de Chambord - une grande façade!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIiQQ6DPx_fqGBSz5aXLQq2k6UsXC6ckeJpQ-Azo3NtAtufB36BdOhbT73Y4oHwVdJ5U7EBVFbv1jfyLyFLMGdYYfkEZZrBvVUu9H7oj5CCc22Pv_6Mps5UEm6OMQF0_GBDikmsCglqI/s1600/2010+0617+Paris+DSC_0462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIiQQ6DPx_fqGBSz5aXLQq2k6UsXC6ckeJpQ-Azo3NtAtufB36BdOhbT73Y4oHwVdJ5U7EBVFbv1jfyLyFLMGdYYfkEZZrBvVUu9H7oj5CCc22Pv_6Mps5UEm6OMQF0_GBDikmsCglqI/s640/2010+0617+Paris+DSC_0462.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Chambord</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a very grand façade</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Constructed for King François I in the early years of the Sixteenth Century, this chateau features 440 rooms, 282 fireplaces, and 84 staircases.  In the center hall is a grand double-helix open staircase spanning three floors.  The château also features 128 meters of façade, more than 800 sculpted columns and an elaborately decorated roof. When François I<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_I" title="François I"></a> commissioned the construction of Chambord, he wanted it to look like the skyline of Constantinople.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the art collections of the Louvre and Compiègne museums were stored at the Château de Chambord.<br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is my contribution to the City Daily Photo Theme Day - façade</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2013/06/july-theme-day-facade.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see all the others from around the world.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Château de Chambord</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chambord, France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(an easy day trip out of Paris to the Loire Valley)</span></i></div>

Château de Chambord - une grande façade!

Chambord a very grand façade Constructed for King François I in the early years of the Sixteenth Century, this chateau features 440 rooms, 2...

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