Theme Week Chateaux of the Loire Valley – Château de Blois

24 June 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Architecture, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

Château de Blois - Panorama of the interior façades - Classic, Renaissance and Gothic styles © Tango7174

Château de Blois – Panorama of the interior façades – Classic, Renaissance and Gothic styles © Tango7174

The Royal Château de Blois is located in the Loir-et-Cher département in the Loire Valley, in France, in the center of the city of Blois. The residence of several French kings, it is also the place where Joan of Arc went in 1429 to be blessed by the Archbishop of Reims before departing with her army to drive the English from Orléans.   read more…

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