Chambord Castle

A summary of a day trip in May 2021 to the Renaissance castle of Chambord in the Loire valley. It was built starting in 1519 at the request of François I, a lover of the arts and passionate hunter. www.chambord.o...
A film crew was shooting The Serpent Queen, an upcoming American television period drama revolving around the life of Catherine de Medici. en.wikipedia.o...
We also took a ride in a Land Rover around the Chambord forest, which is the largest walled and enclosed park in Europe, with the same area (about 13500 acres) as Paris proper. Saw wild boar, hare, and deer (the latter moving too fast for the camera).