CHAMBORD CHATEAU

CHAMBORD CHATEAU :

Chambord Chateau is the largest and most dramatic of the numerous chateaus in France's Loire Valley. It has 440 rooms and hundreds of fireplaces and chimneys (some are visible in the photo).The building costs nearly bankrupted King Francis I.

The main Chambord Chateau interior attraction is the twin, spiraling staircases, which are intertwined, double-helix style. People ascending do not encounter those descending.Chateau Chambord fell into disrepair through neglect and lack of funds for much of the 17th and 18th centuries - and was ransacked of its furnishings during the French Revolution.

Gradually, the French restored Chambord Chateau. Today it is in fine condition for a nearly 500-year-old building.