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Château de Blois
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residence in Blois, France
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It sits within the topics 1638 establishments in France, Architecture in the ancien régime and Art museums and galleries in France.
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- château
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Blois
- Official website
- www.chateaudeblois.fr
- Image
- Loire Cher Blois1 tango7174.jpg
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- inception
- 1250-00-00
- architectural style
- French Renaissance architecture
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Encyclopedic overview
Interior façades in Classic, Renaissance, and Gothic styles (from left to right) Château de Blois, lithograph by C. Molle from a drawing by Charles-Caïus Renoux The Royal Château of Blois (French: Château Royal de Blois, pronounced [ʃɑto ʁwajal də blwa]) is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loire Valley, France. In addition to having been the residence of the Counts of Blois and some French kings, Joan of Arc also went there by 1429 to be blessed by the Archbishop of Reims before departing with her army to drive out the English, who conquered Orléans the previous year.
The château effectively controlled the County of Blois up to 1397, then the Duchy of Orléans, and the Kingdom of France between 1498 and 1544. It comprises several buildings, whose construction began in the 13th century and ended in the 17th century. Four different architectural styles are represented within the rectangular edifice, including: some remains of the 13th-century medieval fortress, the Louis XII Gothic-style wing, the Francis I Renaissance-style wing, and the Gaston of Orléans Classical-style wing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Château de Blois” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.