The Château de Blois in the Loire Valley stands in the city center of Blois. The text says construction began in the 13th century and ended in the 17th. François Mansart designed Gaston's wing, begun in 1634, for Gaston, Duke of Orléans, who received the château from Louis XIII as a wedding gift in 1626. The article names no other architects.
The article names medieval fortress remains, a Gothic Louis XII wing, a Renaissance Francis I wing and a Classical Gaston wing. The Louis XII wing is red brick and gray stone. It gives no dimensions.
Joan of Arc was blessed there by 1429. The Estates General met there in 1576 and 1588, and the Duke of Guise was assassinated there on December 23, 1588. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. The town of Blois owns it, and it is a museum and tourist attraction. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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