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Ballroom - monumental chimneypiece

Begun under Francois I, the monumental chimneypiece is the work of Delorme and included to bronze satyrs, based on antique models, which were sculpted by Primaticcio (they were melted during he Revolution and recast in 1966). At the balls, the king would stand on a platform, with his back to the fireplace.

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