St Cosme Priory – Loire Valley – Ronsard
St Cosme Priory was founded near Tours in 1092, his prior Pierre de Ronsard was the co-founder of the French Renaissance poetry group known as La Pléiade
Tours – Basilica St Martin – Loire Valley
Tours, the capital of Touraine, is known as the City of St. Martin, its 1st bishop, and is a major university town and trade centre for the Centre-Ouest region