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Châteaux of the Loire Valley. 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.
The château overlooks the Loir River. Perched on a limestone outcrop, it shows its origins as a 12th-century fortress. Converted by Jean de Dunois during the Renaissance into a comfortable residence, the main body of the building is roofed in the gothic style. It still has, notably, a finely carved staircase from this period.
On August 1, 1914, Alexander Louis Philippe Marie Berthier, the 4th Prince of Wagram, left Grosbois to his sister, Elisabeth Berthier de Wagram, Princesse de la Tour d’Auvergne, before leaving for the army. He died April 30, 1918, from battle wounds. He was unmarried and was the last Prince of Wagram. The 2nd, the 3rd and the 4th Prince of ...
Sérézin-de-la-Tour. / 45.5583°N 5.345°E / 45.5583; 5.345. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Sérézin-de-la-Tour ( French pronunciation: [seʁezɛ̃ də la tuʁ], literally Sérézin of La Tour) is a commune in the Isère department in the ...
August's supermoon blue moon, the first of 2024's four consecutive supermoons, will appear full from Sunday through Wednesday, giving astronomy fans a rare show when they look to the skies. The ...
Château de Chanteloup. / 47.39548; 0.96988. The Château de Chanteloup was an imposing 18th-century French château with elaborate gardens, compared by some contemporaries to Versailles. [ 1] It was located in the Loire Valley on the south bank of the river Loire, downstream from the town of Amboise and about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) southwest ...
June 25, 2024 at 11:51 AM. When Cameron Young made a 10-foot par putt for 59 in the third round of the Travelers Championship, Jordan Spieth became a footnote in history as the only player to ...
The film, a standalone sequel to the 1996 disaster epic “Twister,” has whipped up $27.1 million from 76 foreign territories over the weekend and $42 million overseas in total. “Twisters ...