The Château de Chambord was built for Francis I of France from 1519 to 1547. The infobox names Domenico da Cortona as architect and Pierre Nepveu as structural engineer, but the text says the attribution to Domenico has several doubts and that Leonardo da Vinci may have influenced the design.
The French Renaissance design blends medieval forms with classical structures. A central keep with four corner towers sits inside a moat, with an open double-spiral staircase at its center. The facade is 420 feet (128 m) long, and the infobox gives a height of 184 feet (56 m). It has 440 rooms, 282 fireplaces and 84 staircases.
The article gives the estate as both 5,440 and 5,250 hectares. Furnishings were sold in 1792, and the state has owned it since 1930. It is open to the public and drew about 700,000 visitors in 2007.
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