Château de Chambord: One of the 4 large rooms on the 2nd floor. The stone coffered ceilings of the 2nd floor rooms around the staircase are designed to support the weight of the terraces. The rich decoration alternates the initial of François I (F) and the crowned salamander swallowing flames or spitting drops of water, which illustrates his motto, "nutrisco et extingo", "I feed on the good fire, I put out the bad fire.”