1547 – Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France Architect: Domenico da Cortona The royal Château de Chambord is the largest castle in the Loire Valley, but was built to serve only as a hunting lodge for King François I,
1630 – Chateau de Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France Architect: Jacques Bougier Constructed between 1624 and 1630, to designs by the sculptor-architect of Blois, Jacques Bougier, who was trained in the atelier of Salomon de Brosse,
Chateau de Blois, Loire, France The Royal Château de Blois, residence of several French kings, is located in the center of the town of Blois. In 1429,