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Chateau de Bois Thibault at Lassay-les-Chateaux in the Pays de la Loire, North West France, Europe Stock Photo
RM2PH6KE4–Chateau de Bois Thibault at Lassay-les-Chateaux in the Pays de la Loire, North West France, Europe
Chateau de la Loire : Vue du chateau de Valençay dans le Val-de-Loire (Val de Loire). in 'France Pittoresque', A. Hugo, tome II, 1835. Stock Photo
RM2A7KR2C–Chateau de la Loire : Vue du chateau de Valençay dans le Val-de-Loire (Val de Loire). in 'France Pittoresque', A. Hugo, tome II, 1835.
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Chateau de la Loire : Vue du chateau de ValenÁay dans le Val-de-Loire (Val de Loire). in 'France Pittoresque', A. Hugo, tome II, 1835. Stock Photo
RM2RECYNE–Chateau de la Loire : Vue du chateau de ValenÁay dans le Val-de-Loire (Val de Loire). in 'France Pittoresque', A. Hugo, tome II, 1835.
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. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. rovincial France. Itis difficult to say just what actually causes allthis excellence and abundance, except that thecatering there is an easy and pleasurable oc-cupation. The Rue Nationale — toujours et vraimentroyale — is the great artery of Tours run-ning riverwards. On it circulates all the life ofthe city. To the right is the Quartier de la Cathedrale,where are assembled the great houses of thenobility — or such of them as are left — and ofthe old bourgeoisie tourangelle. To the left are the streets of the workers, asilk-mill or Stock Photo
RM2AGC56H–. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. rovincial France. Itis difficult to say just what actually causes allthis excellence and abundance, except that thecatering there is an easy and pleasurable oc-cupation. The Rue Nationale — toujours et vraimentroyale — is the great artery of Tours run-ning riverwards. On it circulates all the life ofthe city. To the right is the Quartier de la Cathedrale,where are assembled the great houses of thenobility — or such of them as are left — and ofthe old bourgeoisie tourangelle. To the left are the streets of the workers, asilk-mill or
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. uddy, and the woodedbanks not only refine the crudities of a flatshore-line, but.form a screen or barrier to theflowering charms of the examples of Renais-sance architecture which, in Touraine, at least,are as thick as leaves in Vallambrosa. Starting at Grien, the valley of the Loire be-gins to offer those monumental chateaux whichhave made its fame as the land of castles.From the old fortress-chateau of Gien to theChateau de Clisson, or the Logis de la DuchesseAnne at Nantes, is one long succession of floridmasterpieces, not to be Stock Photo
RM2AGDA8P–. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. uddy, and the woodedbanks not only refine the crudities of a flatshore-line, but.form a screen or barrier to theflowering charms of the examples of Renais-sance architecture which, in Touraine, at least,are as thick as leaves in Vallambrosa. Starting at Grien, the valley of the Loire be-gins to offer those monumental chateaux whichhave made its fame as the land of castles.From the old fortress-chateau of Gien to theChateau de Clisson, or the Logis de la DuchesseAnne at Nantes, is one long succession of floridmasterpieces, not to be
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. flects the fagade of the chateau in its placidsurface. Of course, this is all very artificialand theatrical, but it is a pretty conceit never-theless. The other source, known as the Grande Source, joins the rivulet some hun-dreds of yards below the Bassin du Miroir. The Chateau de la Source is a seventeenth-century edifice, of no great architectural beautyin itself, but sufficiently sylvan in its surround-ings to give it rank as one of the notable placesof pilgrimage for tourists who, said a cynicalFrench writer, take the chateaux o Stock Photo
RM2AGD7WH–. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. flects the fagade of the chateau in its placidsurface. Of course, this is all very artificialand theatrical, but it is a pretty conceit never-theless. The other source, known as the Grande Source, joins the rivulet some hun-dreds of yards below the Bassin du Miroir. The Chateau de la Source is a seventeenth-century edifice, of no great architectural beautyin itself, but sufficiently sylvan in its surround-ings to give it rank as one of the notable placesof pilgrimage for tourists who, said a cynicalFrench writer, take the chateaux o
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. still in the midstof vine-land, and finally appear the twin spiresof Angerss unique Cathedral of St. Maurice.Here one realizes, if not before, that he is inAnjou; no more is the atmosphere transpar-ent as in Touraine, but something of the grimeof the commercial struggle for life is over all. Here the Maine joins the Loire, at a littlevillage called La Pointe: the Charenton ofAngers, it was called by a Paris-loving boule-vardier who once wandered afield. Much has been written, and much might yetbe written, about the famous Ponts de C Stock Photo
RM2AGBYGA–. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. still in the midstof vine-land, and finally appear the twin spiresof Angerss unique Cathedral of St. Maurice.Here one realizes, if not before, that he is inAnjou; no more is the atmosphere transpar-ent as in Touraine, but something of the grimeof the commercial struggle for life is over all. Here the Maine joins the Loire, at a littlevillage called La Pointe: the Charenton ofAngers, it was called by a Paris-loving boule-vardier who once wandered afield. Much has been written, and much might yetbe written, about the famous Ponts de C
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. the sixteenth century, andProtestants and Catholics became its occupantsin turn. Virtually La Charite-sur-Loire be-came a Protestant stronghold in spite of itsCatholic foundation. In 1577 it bade defiance to the royal arins ofthe Due dAlengon, as is recounted by the fol-lowing lines: «0u allez-vous, h^las I furieux in sensesCherchabt de Charity la proie et la ruine,Qui sans Iombre de Foj abbatre la pensezi Le canon ne peut rien centre la Charity,Plus tot vous d^truira la paste et la famine,Car jamais sans Foy naurez la Charity. In s Stock Photo
RM2AGBRJ8–. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. the sixteenth century, andProtestants and Catholics became its occupantsin turn. Virtually La Charite-sur-Loire be-came a Protestant stronghold in spite of itsCatholic foundation. In 1577 it bade defiance to the royal arins ofthe Due dAlengon, as is recounted by the fol-lowing lines: «0u allez-vous, h^las I furieux in sensesCherchabt de Charity la proie et la ruine,Qui sans Iombre de Foj abbatre la pensezi Le canon ne peut rien centre la Charity,Plus tot vous d^truira la paste et la famine,Car jamais sans Foy naurez la Charity. In s
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. he Quartier de la Cath^drale, Tours facing 208 Plessis - LES - Tours in the Time op Louis XI. 213 Environs op Tours (Map) 219 A Vineyard op Vouvray . . facing 222Mediaeval Stairway and the Chateau de LuYNES facing 224 Ruins of Cinq - Mars facing 228 ChSteau de Langeais .... facing 232 Arms op Louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne . 237 ChStbau dAzay-le-Ridbau . . facing 244 Chateau dUss:^ facing 248 The Roof-tops of Chinon . . facing 252 Rabelais 255 Chateau de Chinon facing 258 Cuisines, Fontevrault 265 List of Illustrations xi PAOE ChAt Stock Photo
RM2AGDB21–. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. he Quartier de la Cath^drale, Tours facing 208 Plessis - LES - Tours in the Time op Louis XI. 213 Environs op Tours (Map) 219 A Vineyard op Vouvray . . facing 222Mediaeval Stairway and the Chateau de LuYNES facing 224 Ruins of Cinq - Mars facing 228 ChSteau de Langeais .... facing 232 Arms op Louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne . 237 ChStbau dAzay-le-Ridbau . . facing 244 Chateau dUss:^ facing 248 The Roof-tops of Chinon . . facing 252 Rabelais 255 Chateau de Chinon facing 258 Cuisines, Fontevrault 265 List of Illustrations xi PAOE ChAt
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