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Châteauneuf-du-Pape ( French pronunciation: [ʃɑtonœf dy pap] ⓘ) is a French wine, an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) located around the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the Rhône wine region in southeastern France. It is one of the most renowned appellations of the southern part in the Rhône Valley, and its vineyards are ...
The Château du Clos Lucé ( French pronunciation: [ʃato dy klo lyse]; or simply Clos Lucé ), formerly called Manoir du Cloux, is a large château located in the center of Amboise, in the department of Indre-et-Loire, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It is located in the natural Val de Loire (formerly called Touraine) region.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape ( French pronunciation: [ʃɑtonœf dy pap] ⓘ; Provençal: Castèu-Nòu-de-Papa) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. The village lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the east of the Rhône and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the town of Avignon .
The châteaux of the Loire Valley ( French: châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours along the river Loire in France. They illustrate Renaissance ideals of design in France.
Château de Villette. Coordinates: 49°1′55″N 1°56′22″E. A view of the Château de Villette. The Château de Villette is a château (a French manor house) located in Condécourt, France, 40 km (24.8 mi) northwest of Paris. There are numerous outbuildings including a chapel and adjacent reception room, horse stable and greenhouse .
A Vin de Pays d'Oc Chardonnay. Vin de pays ( French: [vɛ̃ də pei]; 'country wine') was a French wine classification that was above the vin de table classification, but below the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) classification and below the former vin délimité de qualité supérieure classification. The vin de pays classification was ...
Château de Purnon is a historic French château located in the commune of Verrue in the department of Vienne. [1] The château was constructed between 1779 and 1788 (236 years ago) ( 1788 ) for Antoine-Charles Achard, Marquis de la Haye [ 2 ] (1737–1816) from material reclaimed from the ruins of the nearby Château de Brisay.
Château du Rivau. / 47.103500; 0.323228. The Château du Rivau is a castle in the village of Lémeré, Touraine, France. In the book of Rabelais ' Gargantua, it was given to captain Tolmere as a reward for his victories in the Picrocholean Wars. In 1429, towards the end of the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc and her followers came to fetch ...