FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF BLOIS : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH ON SUNRISE. THEATER OF A SUCCESSION OF PLOTS AND HISTORICAL E
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FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF BLOIS : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH ON SUNRISE. THEATER OF A SUCCESSION OF PLOTS AND HISTORICAL EVENT INVOLVING 7 KINGS AND 10 QUEENS (INCLUDING THE ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF GUISE IN 1588), THIS CASTLE IS A UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF THE EVOLUTION OF FRENCH ARCHITECTURE FROM THE 13TH TO THE 17TH CENTURY CENTURY AND GATHERED AROUND THE SAME COURT, 4 DIFFERENT FACADES AND 4 ERAS. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THE GASTON D'ORLEANS WING (CLASSICAL STYLE), THE FRANCOIS 1ER WING (RENAISSANCE STYLE), THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE (GOTHIC STYLE) AND THE LOUIS XII WING (FLAMBOYANT STYLE).