Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Château de Chambord Le château et la salamandre

Obverse

Aerial view of Château de Chambord - a salamander (emblem of King François 1st, builder of the château) at the bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CHÂTEAU DE CHAMBORD

Reverse

On the periphery the word France written in eight languages. France on the upper and lower sides of the hexagon with the year on the right and left. In the center, the building of the Monnaie de Paris with 6 stars above and below.

Scripts: Hebrew, Devanagari

Lettering:
צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~
FRANCE FRANCE
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2009 MONNAIE DE PARIS 2009
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
EVM
FRANCE FRANCE

Edge

Reeded

© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

Built in the heart of the largest enclosed forest park in Europe (around 50 km2 surrounded by a 32 km-long wall), it is the largest of the Loire castles. It boasts an ornamental garden and a hunting park that have been classified as historic monuments. Chambord is the only royal estate to have survived intact since its creation.
The site originally housed a feudal motte, as well as the former château of the Counts of Blois. The origins of the present château date back to the 16th century and the reign of King François I of France, who oversaw its construction from 1519. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Chambord

Early in his reign, François I began construction of Château de Chambord on a hunting estate acquired by Louis XII. Although Leonardo da Vinci was probably involved in the plans, as was the Italian architect Boccador, Chambord remains a Renaissance château firmly rooted in the heritage of French medieval architecture. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Ier_%28roi_de_France%29

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Construit au cœur du plus grand parc forestier clos d’Europe (environ 50 km2 ceint par un mur de 32 km de long), il s'agit du plus vaste des châteaux de la Loire. Il bénéficie d'un jardin d'agrément et d'un parc de chasse classés monuments historiques. Chambord est le seul domaine royal encore intact depuis sa création.
Le site a d'abord accueilli une motte féodale, ainsi que l'ancien château des comtes de Blois. L'origine du château actuel remonte au XVIe siècle et au règne du roi de France François Ier qui supervise son édification à partir de 1519. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Chambord

 Au début de son règne, François Ier entame la construction du château de Chambord sur un domaine de chasse acquis par Louis XII. Bien que Léonard de Vinci participe vraisemblablement à ses plans, ainsi que l’architecte italien Boccador, Chambord reste un château Renaissance très ancré dans l'héritage de l'architecture médiévale française. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Ier_%28roi_de_France%29

See also

• Amphibian
• Castle or fortification

• Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Château de Chambord (Le château et la salamandre)
• Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Château de Chambord (Le château et la salamandre)
• Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Château de Chambord (Le château et la salamandre)
• Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Château de Chambord (Le château et la salamandre)
• Château de Chambord - Le château et la salamandre

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