text: Key features are the horseshoe-shaped staircase ( Escalier du Fer- ? -Cheval ) at the end of the stately Cour du Cheval Blanc ; the Renaissance ballroom whose ornate ceiling is reflected in the parquet floor ; and the allegorical paintings in the Galerie Francois Ier .
  
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  The horseshoe shaped staircase is very large and imposing .