Show romantic french cattle castle A castle which suggests the romance and magic of the age when knighthood was in flower should stand boldly on the summit of a precipitous rock or hide bide mysteriously among the shadows of a mighty forest Cb chambord ambord near blois for this reason is one of the most romantic of the french chate chateaux auy on the loire it is surrounded by mossy walls 21 24 2 1 miles around and its forest has nearly acres the dozens of pinnacles lanterns and towers are visible for miles looking on the dim horizon like a misty oriental city the grand circular stairway which winds upward in two directions at once Is the glory of its interior out but there are ga 64 staircases in all |