Château de Blois

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château historic monument royal residence

The Château de Blois is a historic royal castle in the Loire Valley of France, renowned for its blend of Gothic, Renaissance, and Classical architecture and its role as a major residence of French kings.

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Label Occurrences
Château de Blois canonical 11
Château de Blois (north wing) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf château ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
architecturalStyle Classical architecture ⓘ
French Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: French Renaissance architecture

Gothic architecture ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of Bourbon ⓘ
House of Orléans ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
constructionStart 13th century ⓘ
country France ⓘ
function seat of the Estates General of France ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature courtyard ⓘ
loggia ⓘ
oratory ⓘ
spiral staircase ⓘ
hasCollection decorative arts ⓘ
paintings ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
hasFeature sound and light show ⓘ
hasMuseum Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois ⓘ
hasPart Francis I of France ⓘ
surface form: François I wing

Gaston d’Orléans wing ⓘ
Gothic wing ⓘ
Louis XII wing ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique (France) ⓘ
surface form: Monument historique of France
heritageDesignationStart 1840 ⓘ
locatedIn Blois ⓘ
locatedInRegion Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
locatedInValley Loire Valley ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Loire ⓘ
notableEvent Assassination of Henry I, Duke of Guise ⓘ
notableEventDate 1588 ⓘ
notableResident Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ
Francis I of France ⓘ
surface form: François I of France

Gaston, Duke of Orléans ⓘ
Henri III de France ⓘ
surface form: Henri III of France

Louis XII of France ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownedBy Blois ⓘ
surface form: City of Blois
rebuiltIn 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
significantPeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedAs museum ⓘ
political center ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catherine de’ Medici → deathPlace → Château de Blois ⓘ
Centre-Val de Loire → contains → Château de Blois ⓘ
Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a UNESCO World Heritage Site → containsChâteau → Château de Blois ⓘ
subject surface form: Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire
French Renaissance Revival → influencedBy → Château de Blois ⓘ
Louis XII of France → birthPlace → Château de Blois ⓘ
Blois → hasHeritageSite → Château de Blois ⓘ
Loire Valley châteaux → contains → Château de Blois ⓘ
Garden of France → contains → Château de Blois ⓘ
Loir-et-Cher → contains → Château de Blois ⓘ
François Mansart → notableWork → Château de Blois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Château de Blois (north wing)
Marie of Cleves → residence → Château de Blois ⓘ
court of Louis XIII → seasonalResidence → Château de Blois ⓘ