All patrons for the Heritage Days!

Name: ¡Todos mecenas para las Jornadas del Patrimonio!
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Château Royal

As part of the European Heritage Days you will become a sponsor for a weekend! With your admission ticket, you help finance the restoration of the collections and the monument…

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

As part of the European Heritage Days you will become a patron for a weekend! With your entrance ticket you help finance the restoration of the collections and monument. In 2023, the stained glass windows of the Chapelle Saint Calais are in the spotlight and will be restored thanks to the 2022 patronage. Made in 1956 the stained glass windows of Max Ingrand represent the main characters and events that marked the history of the castle.

About the location

Château Royal

6 place du Château, 41000 Blois

Loir-et-Cher
Centre-Val de Loire

Castle of the counts of Blois became under Louis XII then François I royal castle. It gathers around the same courtyard, four castles, four eras, four peaks of French architecture: the Gothic of the thirteenth century with the Hall of States, the flamboyant Gothic and the introduction of the Renaissance of the late fifteenth century with the wing Louis XII, the Renaissance of the sixteenth century in the François I wing and finally the classical architecture of the seventeenth century of the Gaston d'Orléans wing. It was restored by Félix Duban in the 19th century. The 1st floor of the Louis XII wing houses the Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Blois since 1869\. The Museum of Fine Arts presents a collection of works from the Romanesque period until the 19th century: painting, sculpture, tapestry... The royal castle of Blois presents a real panorama of the art and history of the castles of the Loire Around the courtyard, dominated by the monumental staircase François I, unfolds a flor