Architecture
The richest castle of the Loire on the architectural plan. A royal decoration anthology of the art to build …
During more than four centuries, queens and kings made of the royal castle of Blois a treasure of the French architecture, which is a classified ancient memorial today. Around the courtyard organize themselves four buildings which show four big periods of the history of the architecture.
The Château of Blois during the Middle Ages
Archeological excavations and the archives prove that the first palace belonging to the counts of Blois occupied the present site of the Château (...) > Lire l'article
The château of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne
It was probably only a short time after his accession to power in France, in April 1498, that Louis XII began the reconstruction of the château. (...) > Lire l'article
The François I wing
On January 1st 1515, François I succeeded Louis XII. Six months prior, he had married the young Claude de France who had been raised in Blois and (...) > Lire l'article
The Classical Wing
Heir apparent more or less in open rebellion against his brother King Louis XIII and the Cardinal de Richelieu, Gaston received Blois as part of (...) > Lire l'article