{"id":2207,"date":"2016-07-11T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2023-06-25T18:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T16:23:05","slug":"chateau-royal-de-blois-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/chateau-royal-de-blois-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ch\u00e2teau Royal de Blois: An Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Royal<\/a>The Royal Ch\u00e2teau Royal De Blois is one of France\u2019s many ch\u00e2teaux that is grand in scale, majestic in its architecture, and rich in history. It is located in the Loire Valley<\/a>, specifically the Loir-et-Cher department. It can be found at the epicenter of the French city of Blois.<\/p>\n

The ch\u00e2teau has played home to many a French king. It consists of several buildings that were built during the years between the 13th and the 17th centuries. The ch\u00e2teau has a staggering number of rooms \u2014 a total of 564 \u2014 as well as staircases numbering at 75, although only less than half of that would be used regularly. Each room even has its own fireplace.<\/p>\n

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Ch\u00e2teau Royal de Blois : How the story begins<\/h2>\n

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\nThe ch\u00e2teau\u2019s story begins with the brother of Charles VI of France \u2014 Louis I, Duke of Orleans. His wife Valentina Visconti would retire to this castle after his assassination. The property was then passed on to Charles d’Orl\u00e9ans, the son of Louis and Valentina. Charles was a poet who was taken as a prisoner and hostage in England for 25 years. After his return, Charles then spent his resources for a partial restoration to make the ch\u00e2teau more accommodating.<\/p>\n

Charles\u2019 son, King Louis XII, would soon later regard the ch\u00e2teau as his favorite residence which he considered to be his political capital. He initiated a reconstruction and was also responsible for adding Italian gardens to the ch\u00e2teau. His main contribution is the main entrance of the ch\u00e2teau. It has elements of both Renaissance as well as Gothic architecture.<\/p>\n

King Francis I and the\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau<\/h2>\n

\"Francis<\/a>Queen Claude asked Francis I to refurbish Ch\u00e2teau Royal De Blois. They intended to move from Ch\u00e2teau d’Amboise to Blois. It was during this period that Francis I began construction of a new area that would be home to one of the period\u2019s most significant libraries.<\/p>\n

Queen Claude\u2019s death made Francis I visit Blois for a short period of time. In time, the great library of the ch\u00e2teau would be moved to Ch\u00e2teau de Fontainebleau. This library is important to the history of France as it served as the core or foundation of the Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale de France.<\/p>\n

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The two kings<\/h2>\n

The next French kings that would occupy the ch\u00e2teau made no significant contributions to its architecture. It served as the residence of King Henry III when he was driven away from Paris at the time of the French Wars of Religion. It was then occupied by the first Bourbon monarch, King Henry IV. After that, it became the place of exile of his widow Marie de Medici after she was exiled from court by King Louis XIII. King Louis XIII would later give this ch\u00e2teau to his sibling, Gaston duc d’Orl\u00e9ans.
\nSeveral additions to the castle\u2019s architecture were planned but never came to fruition as it would stand neglected for more than a hundred years. It would have been demolished, but was saved by serving as a military barracks.<\/p>\n

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Becoming a monument<\/h2>\n

The ch\u00e2teau became a historical monument under the orders of King Louis-Philippe. Felix Duban was the man charged with the new monument\u2019s restoration. Later on, Ch\u00e2teau Royal De Blois would become a museum and the property of the town of Blois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Royal Ch\u00e2teau Royal De Blois is one of France\u2019s many ch\u00e2teaux that is grand in scale, majestic in its architecture, and rich in history. It is located in the Loire Valley, specifically the Loir-et-Cher department. It can be found at the epicenter of the French city of Blois. The ch\u00e2teau has played home to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Ch\u00e2teau Royal de Blois: An Overview - Loire Valley Castel","_seopress_titles_desc":"The Ch\u00e2teau Royal de Blois and his majestic in architecture, rich history, located in the Loire Valley, specifically the Loir-et-Cher department.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-loire-valley-castles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7570,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions\/7570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hotelburgevin.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}