Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Chateau de Blois and its spiral staircase.

One of the most renowned architectural features of Chateau de Blois is the spiral staircase in the François I wing. Domenico da Cortona. an Italian architect, is credited with its design. He was invited to France by Charles VIII and remained in the service of François I.

Friday from a different angle, - the spiral staircase at Chateau de Blois

The unique open circular staircase in the renaissance wing within Chateau de Blois.

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Friday from a different angle...Chateau de Blois

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Monday's Loire Valley chateau -Chateau de Blois - it is all in the detail.

The Louis XII Gothic wing at Chateau de Blois

Monday' Loire Valley Chateau - Chateau de Blois, it's all in the detail

Some of the emblems to be found within Chateau de Blois here in the Loire Valley

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Inside Chateau de Blois - it's all in the detail

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Chateau de Blois in the Loire Valley 

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Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Chateau de Blois,it's all in the detail!

More photographs from our recent revisit to Chateau de Blois

Loire Valley church for Sunday, Saint-Calais Chapel

Today we feature the Saint-Calais Chapel within the chateau at Blois,or what's left of it!

It was once the private chapel of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany

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The many faces of Chateau de Blois

We returned yesterday for a revisit to Chateau de Blois,not our original destination it has to be said but a good visit none the less.

We had intended visiting this years International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire but the weather was against us so thus the change of plan.

Although we have visited the city often it had been quite some time since we visited the inside of the chateau itself. It we good to be reacquainted with its many historical and architectural facets.

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Illuminating Chateau de Blois

A new Sound and Light Show at Chateau de Blois was inaugurated last night for the coming season. It will continue until the 23rd of September. The show tells the history of the chateau by illuminating the walls within its impressive main courtyard. It lasts around 45 minutes covering over a 1,000 years of history.

Opening hours:

21st April to 23rd September: every evening (except 21/06 and 13/07) April, May and September : 10.00pm / June, July and August: 10.30pm

Rates:

Adult: 10.50 € - reduced price: 9 € - child (aged 6 -17): 6.50 €

Combined ticket (chateau + Sound and Light show): 19.50 € - 15.50 € - 10.50 €