Editing Renaissance architecture (section)

===France===
{{main|French Renaissance architecture}}
[[File:Chambord Castle Northwest facade.jpg|thumb|left|French Renaissance: [[Château de Chambord]] (1519–39)]]
During the early years of the 16th century the French were involved in [[Italian Wars|wars in northern Italy]], bringing back to France not just the Renaissance art treasures as their war [[Looting|booty]], but also stylistic ideas. In the [[Loire Valley]] a wave of building was carried and many Renaissance châteaux appeared at this time, the earliest example being the [[Château d'Amboise]] ({{circa|1495}}) in which [[Leonardo da Vinci]] spent his last years. The style became dominant under [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] (See [[Châteaux of the Loire Valley]]).<ref name=BF /><ref name= W&M />