View of the central court of the Chateau de Blois

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View of the central court of the Chateau de Blois Long Caption: Chateau de Blois. Vue Interieure de la Cour'. View of the central court of the Chateau de Blois (Loire Valley, France) showing the spiral staircase in the Francois I wing. The chateau was a royal residence; it is also the place where Joan of Arc went in 1429 to be blessed by the Archbishop of Reims before departing with her army to drive the English from Orleans. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Herschel Collection Object: PAH6103 Artist: Bachelier; Rouargue; Lemercier; Jeannin Date: unknown Medium: coloured lithograph Size: 370 mm x 513 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.