{"id":85,"date":"2017-04-09T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10060\/?p=85"},"modified":"2021-05-01T03:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T03:58:56","slug":"salamanders-in-my-chambord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:10060\/salamanders-in-my-chambord\/","title":{"rendered":"Salamanders in My Chambord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">French Rulers: Que Dire ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>France is deep into its Fifth Republic. So far, it\u2019s&nbsp;lasted fifty-eight years and eight presidents. Not bad for a country with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.socheese.fr\/la-question\/article\/combien-la-france-compte-t-elle-de?lang=en\">more than 1,600 different<\/a>&nbsp;cheeses. But how long will the Fifth Republic last?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the scandals and twists and turns of France\u2019s current presidential race, some are wondering within the country if there might soon be the need for a Sixth Republic.&nbsp;<em>Que dire ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, as an American I probably should not say anything more&nbsp;and just get on with posting&nbsp;my photos of one of France\u2019s most beautiful castles:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loirevalleyfrance.net\/castles\/chateau-chambord.html\">Ch\u00e2teau de Chambord<\/a>. While I visit France often, I am in no way an expert on French politics or on French sensibilities. I can barely name the twenty&nbsp;different cheese families. But I do know a good cheese when I smell it. And I think it is safe to say that no system is foolproof, not when humans are involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Now on to the salamanders in my Chambord\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These are not my best photos. I took them with my iPhone. Which is what I usually \u201cshoot\u201d my photos with. They\u2019re not that great because my friend Rachel and I stopped at Chambord on a whim. Yes, a whim. We were traveling south by car after being in&nbsp;a friend\u2019s wedding at Ch\u00e2teau de Fraz\u00e9 (pardon, I don\u2019t mean to name drop) and thought why don\u2019t we go see Fran\u00e7ois I\u2019s double spiral staircase. Leonardo Da Vinci supposedly designed it, and how many places outside of Italy can you go to see the architectural work of Da Vinci? And well, if truth be told, I was tired of driving and hungry for some cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I noted a few weeks ago in an\u00a0Instagram post, the salamander was the royal emblem of Fran\u00e7ois I. And they are everywhere at Ch\u00e2teau de Chambord. You might ask, why a salamander? Why not a lion or a bear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fran\u00e7ois wasn\u2019t just trying to be original or stylish with his salamanders. Salamanders were considered fireproof during the 16th century. This belief in the magical powers of salamanders was not medieval in origin. Salamanders were celebrated by first century Roman&nbsp;and Jewish philosophers. To Fran\u00e7ois\u2019 Renaissance contemporaries, the salamanders chiseled into his walls said in no uncertain terms that the king of France was a&nbsp;man who never lost his cool because he&nbsp;trusted&nbsp;in God for whatever happened. Hilde (a history and art blogger) points out further that the salamander was also seen in the 16th century as a symbol of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hemmahoshilde.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/21\/francis-i-with-his-salamander\/\">\u201cChrist who would baptize the world with fire flames.\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;Fran\u00e7ois I was no saint, but at least he acknowledged that there is a God and that the ruler of France must rely on Him to govern rightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So yeah, there was a lot more than a double spiral staircase to drink&nbsp;in at Chambord. And more symbolism and lizards (and not enough cheese to balance it all out) than I had expected. But then, that\u2019s how it always is when I\u2019m in France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Rulers: Que Dire ? France is deep into its Fifth Republic. So far, it\u2019s&nbsp;lasted fifty-eight years and eight presidents. Not bad for a country with&nbsp;more than 1,600 different&nbsp;cheeses. 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