Centre Val De Loire
Loire Valley, the Royal Valley
April 6, 2017
The Loire Valley is also known as the Royal Valley because of the many chateaux the kings of the French Renaissance and their vassals built along the river
Chateau de Chinon – Loire Valley – History
December 17, 2016
Chateau de Chinon, restored ruins of the fortress built by Henry II of England where Joan of Arc came to serve King Charles VII during the Hundred years War
Villandry Renaissance Chateau – Gardens
May 26, 2016
The Renaissance Chateau and gardens of Villandry in the Loire Valley, fully restored by Joachim Carvallo, and today registered as UNESCO’s World Heritage
Royal City of Loches – Agnes Sorel’s castle
May 23, 2016
Royal City of Loches, a masterpiece of medieval Military architecture with one of the oldest and best preserved stone dungeons in Europe, where Agnes Sorel lived
Traveling to the Loire Valley from the UK
July 28, 2015
Traveling to the Loire Valley from the UK by air, sea and land is easy as the region is served by 3 airports, ferry links and railway and road networks
Richelieu – Utopian city – Indre-et-Loire
January 6, 2014
Richelieu off the Loire Valley, the ideal city of Cardinal de Richelieu, a walled city built in the 1630s on a grid plan and surrounded by ornamental moats
Chateau du Rivau – The fairytale gardens
December 10, 2013
The fairytale Chateau du Rivau, one of the first castle built in the Loire Valley was restored to its past glory and boasts fourteen fun thematic gardens
Loire Valley architectural styles
June 7, 2013
A brief overview of the various Loire Valley architectural styles from Romanesque to Gothic, Flamboyant, Angevin Gothic to French Renaissance and Classical
St Benoit sur Loire Church – Fleury Abbey
June 7, 2013
St Benoit sur Loire Church is all that is left of the Abbaye de Fleury built on the site of a pagan sacred ground which was the geographical centre of Gaul
Chateau de Cheverny and cartoonist Herge
June 7, 2013
The Chateau de Cheverny, a masterpiece of Classical architecture used as model by Hergé for Captain Haddock’s Chateau de Moulinsart in his Tintin books
Chateau de Chenonceau – The Ladies’ Chateau
June 7, 2013
Chateau de Chenonceau, a masterpiece of French Renaissance architecture known as Wonder of the Loire Valley and Ladies’ Château as owned by women only
Chateau de Chambord – Leonardo da Vinci
June 6, 2013
The Renaissance Chateau de Chambord built in the Loire Valley for François I boasts 440 rooms and a double helix staircase designed by Leonardo da Vinci
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Loire Valley, the Royal Valley
The Loire Valley is also known as the Royal Valley because of the many chateaux the kings of the French Renaissance and their vassals built along the river
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Angers Castle – Dukes Anjou Loire Valley
History of Angers Castle in the Loire Valley, the chateau of the Counts and Dukes of Anjou the descendants of Fulk Nerra and Louis IX’s brother Charles I
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Cycling along the Loire River
The best cycling routes along the Loire River, a series of trails that follow the river from its spring in Auvergne downwards to its mouth in the Atlantic
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Traveling to the Loire Valley from the UK
Traveling to the Loire Valley from the UK by air, sea and land is easy as the region is served by 3 airports, ferry links and railway and road networks
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