Blois is a glorious chateau, and central to French history, from Joan of Arc to Louis XIII. It can only be properly appreciated from inside, when you can look round the courtyard and see each side built in a different century and with architecture typical of that century, from simple feudal through Renaissance to the time of the Sun King. The courtyard hosts a son-et-lumiere which is brilliantly evocative.
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