France - Loire day 03 - Chateau Chambourd Upper Floors

Most of the rooms in the upper areas are smaller. One portion of the center structure had half of it combined to form a series of rooms. This was for more privacy, protection and warmth.

These rooms would have been as monstrous as the ones on the ground floor but have had false ceilings and more walls installed

This is a ceramic stove, one of the first of its kind in France, purchased by the steward of the Chateau of the time. He had it installed in his coffee room, another new thing in France.

The detail is amazing and unique for each tile that forms the stove.

A sample of the many keys required for maintenance of the chateau.

An effluent pot.

Speaking of effluent, these are items found in the basement where the trash and effluent was tossed. Not the most glamorous finds of archaeology but still give insight into the culture and habits of the people of the times.

An ornate traveling alcohol holder with a mosaic of Baccus on the inside lid.

King Louis the XIV’s bedroom chamber.

Marie Antoinette’s bedchamber.

King Francois’s bedchamber. The bed could be disassembled and transported. This was important as the court regularly traveled around in order to ensure the nobles and commoners were behaving, would stay behaved and for the people to see their ruler.

Some scrawling in the far upper areas of the chateau, which was easy because it is limestone. Some are from the 1800’s.

This was actually on the ground floor. This is one of many coaches here that were made for the non-event of the bid for Henri, Count of Chambourd and grandson of Charles the tenth, to be made king of France. The disagreements by him and the French government, including the fact he wanted to fly the old royal flag and not the French tricolour, stalled this last attempt at French Nobility.