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Chateau de Chambord

Palaces and Aristocratic Residences
Chateau with Corner Turrets and Lantern Tower

The Chateau de Chambord, in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognizable chateaux in the world for its distinctive French Renaissance architecture, blending traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. It was commissioned by Francis I of France and built between 1519 and 1547.

Facts
Building Type
Royal Chateau 1
Location
Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France 1
Completed Year
1547 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Castle 2
Connections

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Castle, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Renaissance Architecture, Styles and Movements

A Renaissance-era landmark.

In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, located there.
Sources
1. Chateau de Chambord (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia lead sentence (building type)
    The Château de Chambord in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture, which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.
  • Wikipedia lead sentence (location)
    The Château de Chambord in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture, which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.
  • Wikipedia lead section (completion year)
    The building was commissioned by Francis I of France and built between 1519 and 1547.
  • standing status determination, wikipedia summary
    The château is now open to the public, receiving 700,000 visitors in 2007.
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2. Château de Chambord (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia "Ch?teau de Chambord" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)View the Source
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