Who hasn’t dreamt about visiting Chambord ? Undoubtedly, this castle is the crazy dream of a young King, François I, but nevertheless, during the forty years of his reign, he only spent forty days there. Five centuries after the commencement of its construction, seeing it is still a dream. To reach the château you must enter…
Category: Loire valley
Chinon a formidable Fortress at the heart of a vast Empire
One of the greateast mythical places! History has stopped many times at Chinon. Just think about it and marvel before this formidable Fortress. It occupies a rocky outcrop above the city, the Plantagenet Royal Fortress was the centre of the Kingdom of France, birthplace of Rabelais the great humanist and let it not be forgotten…
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