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Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire
41150 Chaumont-sur-Loire
Tél. +33 (0)2 54 20 91 16
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Open every day except 0l/01 and 25/12.
Rates 15 €,
Free for children under 6 years.
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The castle of Chaumont owes part of its beauty to the beautiful site it occupies. Built in the late 15th century by the family of Amboise, it dominates the left bank of the Loire. Facing the river, the castle stands at the end of landscaped grounds covered with trees.
The castle has luxurious stables, decorated in the late 19th century by Prince Amedee de Broglie. These teams reflect quite accurately the attention that the rich aristocracy evident then for his horses. They are considered at the time as the most luxurious in Europe, benefiting from electric arc lighting, as well as the Opera Garnier and the Hotel de Ville in Paris. The castle has fine collections of furniture, tapestries and objects dating from the 16th, 17th and 19th centuries.
The 19th century landscape park, designed by Henri Duchêne, dominates the valley of the Loire. It houses each year, from mid-June to mid-October, the International Garden Festival. This event allows a score of artists and landscape architects from around the world to design theme gardens. The beauty of all peaked in autumn.
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