The Château de Chambord (French pronunciation in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture, which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. The building was constructed by the king of France, Francis I.
Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the Château de Blois and Amboise. The original design of the château is attributed to the Tuscan architect Domenico da Cortona; Leonardo da Vinci may have also influenced the design.
Chambord was altered considerably during the 28 years of its construction (1519–1547), during which it was overseen on-site by Pierre Neveu. With the château nearing completion, Francis showed off his enormous symbol of wealth and power by hosting his old archrival, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, at Chambord.
Thanks and credit to Google Earth Studio for this aerial video.
Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the Château de Blois and Amboise. The original design of the château is attributed to the Tuscan architect Domenico da Cortona; Leonardo da Vinci may have also influenced the design.
Chambord was altered considerably during the 28 years of its construction (1519–1547), during which it was overseen on-site by Pierre Neveu. With the château nearing completion, Francis showed off his enormous symbol of wealth and power by hosting his old archrival, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, at Chambord.
Thanks and credit to Google Earth Studio for this aerial video.
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00:00The Château de Chambord in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognizable
00:13châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture,
00:18which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.
00:23The building was constructed by the King of France, Francis I.
00:27Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley.
00:30It was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences
00:34at the Château de Blois and Amboise.
00:37The original design of the château is attributed to the Tuscan architect Domenico da Cortona.
00:42Leonardo da Vinci may have also influenced the design.
00:45Chambord was altered considerably during the 28 years of its construction, 1519-1547,
00:52during which it was overseen on site by Pierre Neveu.
00:55With the château nearing completion, Francis showed off his enormous symbol of wealth and
00:59power by hosting his old arch-rival, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, at Chambord.
01:05In 1792, in the wake of the French Revolution, some of the furnishings were sold and timber
01:11removed.
01:12For a time the building was left abandoned, though in the 19th century, some attempts
01:16were made at restoration.
01:18During the Second World War, artworks from the collections of the Louvre and the Château
01:22de Compiègne were moved to the Château de Chambord.
01:26The château is now open to the public, receiving 700,000 visitors in 2007.
01:30Flooding in June 2016 damaged the grounds but not the château itself.
01:35Château in the 16th century departed from castle architecture.
01:39Indeed, while they were offshoots of castles.
01:42With features commonly associated with them, they did not have serious defenses.
01:47Extensive gardens and water features, such as a moat, were common amongst château from
01:50this period.
01:52Chambord is no exception to this pattern.
01:55The layout is reminiscent of a typical castle with a keep, corner towers, and defended by
01:59a moat.
02:00Built in Renaissance style, the internal layout is an early example of the French and Italian
02:05style of grouping rooms into self-contained suites, a departure from the medieval style
02:09of corridor rooms.
02:11The massive château is composed of a central keep with four immense bastion towers at the
02:15corners.
02:17The keep also forms part of the front wall of a larger compound with two larger towers.
02:22Places for a possible further two towers are found at the rear, but these were never
02:26developed, and remain the same height as the wall.
02:29The château features 440 rooms, 282 fireplaces, and 84 staircases.
02:35Four rectangular vaulted hallways on each floor form a cross shape.
02:39The château also features 128 meters of façade, more than 800 sculpted columns, and an elaborately
02:46decorated roof.
02:47When Francis I commissioned the construction of Chambord, he wanted it to look like the
02:51skyline of Constantinople.
02:53The château is surrounded by a 52.5-square-kilometer, 13,000-acre, wooded park and game reserve
03:00maintained with red deer, enclosed by a 31-kilometer wall.
03:04The kinjis' plan to divert the Loire to surround the château came about only in a novel, Amadeus
03:09de Gala, which Francis had translated.
03:12In the novel, the château is referred to as the Palace of Firmile.
03:16That is all.
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