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Chambord, the largest Renaissance castle, will celebrate next year in majesty its 500 years with nine original sites, restoring the spirit of a fabulous project and going from the restoration of its lanterns to the production of wine.
The aim of these initiatives is to offer the "keys of reading" of Chambord as thought by François Ier and by the brilliant architect who inspired it, Leonardo da Vinci, explained Wednesday to the press Jean d? Haussonville , General Manager of the National Estate of Chambord.
On May 2, 1519, the Grand Master of the Italian Renaissance died in Amboise, a few months before the start of construction. A royal ordinance marked September 6 the launch of the site.
"Utopia", "ideal city", "earthly paradise", it is in this spirit that the royal domain had been thought, and it is this "immaterial value" that wishes to restore Jean d'Haussonville, at the head since nine years of a site that already attracts a million tourists a year.
Philippe Villeneuve, architect of the historical monuments, in charge of Notre-Dame of Paris, will work to restore lead ornaments having disappeared after the Revolution, and will restore the top of the lanterns (small lantern placed at the top of a dome or of a staircase, editor's note).
An interior staging of the itinerant Court of Francis I and its atmosphere will be possible thanks to the textile decorations designed by the designer Jacques Garcia.
A large exhibition "Utopia at work" on 2,000 m2, will show the involvement of Leonardo da Vinci in the original plans. 150 works from 34 collections will be exhibited, including three sheets of Codex Atlanticus lent by the Biblioteca Ambrosiana of Milan. Eighteen architectural projects "Chambord 2019" will seek to "revive the architectural utopia" of the place, according to Jean d'Haussonville.
A new "romantic" lighting will gently illuminate the facades. The 32 km of fence walls (unparalleled length in the world) will begin to be restored by an insertion site. And a permaculture vegetable garden, based on the expertise of Charles-Hervé Gruyer, of the Bec Hellouin model farm, will give an ecological touch.
A winery built by the architect Jean-Michel Willmotte and a plantation (which began in 2015) of 14 hectares of organic vines, will recall that the ruler had brought from Burgundy in 1518 a variety that he had planted not far to Romorantin. Also way to promote a wine bearing the prestigious name of Chambord.
UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay will discuss the Iraqi city of Mosul at a major symposium on heritage monuments.
At the end of the celebrations, finally, a "stone trip on the Loire" between Tours and Saint-Dyé will commemorate the boat trip of the blocks from the tufa quarries to the castle site.
© 2018 AFP
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