All Chateux'd out

Chambord was built as a hunting lodge. There are still areas for hunting game around the chateau and next month there is an international hunting conference where they expect around 1.5 million delegates.


I thought these stone sinks were pretty clever, there is a hole at the back where the water can be drained out down the castle wall.


A major architectural feature of the chatea is a central staircase in the shape of a double helix. So there are actually two staircases that wrap around each other.

This is the central core of the double staircase that runs the height of the chateau.

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