Search
Remove Ads
Advertisement
Search Results
Image
Château du Lude
Château du Lude, Le Lude, France. One of the most northerly of the Loire châteaux, the site was already occupied in the Middle Ages as a strategic point on the borders of Maine, Anjou and Touraine. Occupied by the English during...
Image
Château de Cheverny
Château de Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France. The château belongs to the Hurault de Vibraye family and has been home to the same family for over six centuries. It was made even more famous by the cartoonist Hergé who was inspired...
Image
Château de Chenonceau
Château de Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire. France. Built in the first decades of the 16th century.
Image
Map of the Château of Amboise
Château of Amboise during the Renaissance, showing the castle as it was during the reign of Henry III of France (1574-1589), illustration by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Only the buildings shown in black can still be...
Image
Royal Lodge, Chateau d'Amboise
The 15th century CE Royal Lodge of the Chateau d'Amboise, Amboise, France.
Image
Inner Court, Royal Lodge, Chateau d'Amboise
The inner court side of the Royal Lodge at the 15th century CE Chateau d'Amboise, Amboise, France.
Image
Château de la Brède
Château de la Brède, near Bordeaux, France. The castle was famously the home of the French philosopher Montesquieu (1689-1757), who was Baron de la Brède from 1696.
Image
Château de Langeais
Built by Louis XI of France in 1465, the Château de Langeais stands in the French commune of Langeais in the department of Indre-et-Loire, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It replaced an earlier fortified castle built at...
Image
Château de Brissac
First built in the 10th century, the Château de Brissac became the home of René de Cossé, the first Lord of Brissac in 1502 and it is now the residence of the 14th Duke of Brissac. It is located in the new town of Brissac Loire...
Image
Château de Serrant
The Château de Serrant is located in France, in the commune of Saint-Georges-sur-Loire in the department of Maine-et-Loire. Initiated under Francis 1st of France (r. 1515 - 1547) and completed under Louis XIV of France (r. 1643...