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The château features 440 rooms, 282 fireplaces, and 84 staircases. Four rectangular vaulted hallways on each floor form a cross-shape. The castle was never intended to provide any form of defence from enemies; consequently the walls, towers and partial moat are decorative, and even at the time were an anachronism.
The plan of the castle and its decorations are designed around a central axis: the famous double revolution staircase, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, an ascending spiral that leads from the first floor to the terraces on which the Lantern Tower culminates.
A motif of salamanders, Francis I’s personal emblem, appears throughout the castle. Beyond its massive scale, fairytale skyline, and Italianate use of classical ornament, the château’s most remarkable feature is the unusual interlocked, double-helix, open-work staircase that people can ascend and descend
The double helix staircase: the Chambord showstopper. While the chateau's immensity, facade and estate are enough to impress, its main attraction could very well be its central staircase.
Discover how double-helix staircases work and the secrets behind the famous staircase in the Chateau de Chambord in France. Some historians believe the chateau and staircase were designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
The so-called “double helix” staircase services the principal floors of the building, all the way up to the crowning terraces, which are topped off by the tallest tower of the castle, the lantern tower.
It is one of the most beautiful castles of the Renaissance in the Loire Valley with its double helix staircase and its royal apartments. From the terraces, you’ll find yourself surrounded by roofing and chimneys forming a fairytale village, as if suspended in the sky.
