The little beasts carved on the balconies and ?­elsewhere around the cha?­teau are the royal family's personal em?­blems ' including Louis XII's porcupine, Fran?­cois I's salamander, and Anne de Bre?­tagne's ermine.
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Louis XII's personal emblem was a porcupine.
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The carved beasts on the balconies have no significance.