Chateau Chenonceau Vaulted Ceiling

The hall is covered with a series of rib vaults whose keystones, detached from each other, form a broken line. The baskets are decorated with foliage, roses, cherubs, chimera and cornucopia.
Made in 1515, it is one of the most beautiful examples of decorative sculpting from the French Renaissance period

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