Salle des gardes, Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire
Tapestry and safe chest, made 16th century in Nuremberg with a 20-pin lock, for storing important documents, in the Salle des gardes, or Guards room, used as a security entrance, drawbridge lookout and for weapons training by the lord's guards, now displaying weapons and armour from 15th-19th century, in the Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, rebuilt in the 15th century by Charles I d'Amboise on the site of a 10th century Burgundian castle founded by Odo I count of Blois. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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Blois Bourgogne Burgundian Centre-val Chateaux Chaumont Chaumont-sur-loire Displaying Drawbridge Gardes Loir-et-cher Lookout Rebuilt Safe Salle Storing Tapestry
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