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Chateau de Chambord & Cosson River
Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE on the banks of the Cosson River, a tributary of the Loire.
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Château de la Ferté-Saint-Aubin
Château de la Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Loiret, France. First built in the 16th century, it was confiscated during the French Revolution. François-Victor Masséna, son of André Masséna (1758-1817, Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte...
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Château de Chinon
Château de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France. The promontory on which the royal fortress of Chinon stands has been used for thousands of years. Gradually, the fortress was divided into three distinct parts, which the kings called their "three...
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Château de Chenonceau, France
Château de Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France. The château was built from the 12th to the 16th century.
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire
Château de Sully-sur-Loire situated in the commune of Sully-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. From 1395 to the present day, the history of the Château de Sully has been an eventful one, and its architecture has undergone many changes over the centuries...
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Château de Beaugency
Château de Beaugency, Loiret, France. Originally built during the medieval period, it was a seigneurial residence that first belonged to the Lords of Beaugency, then to the kings of France and the Dukes of Orléans until the French Revolution...
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Château de Villandry
Famous for its amazingly beautiful gardens, the Château of Villandry is situated in Indre-et-Loire, France. In 1532, Jean Breton, finance secretary to Francis 1, King of France, acquired a medieval fortress not far from Tours. Much like the...
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Famine, the Third Horseman of the Apocalypse
Famine, the third Horseman of the Apocalypse as depicted on the Apocalypse Tapestry, commissioned by Louis I, the Duke of Anjou, and woven in Paris between 1377 and 1382.
Musée de la Tapisserie, Château d'Angers, Angers
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Bust of Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just
Bust of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just by French sculptor David d'Angers, 1848.
David d'Angers Gallery, Angers, France.
Photo credits to Wikipedia user Selbymay, 2011.
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Château de Blois
Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. A unique example of the development of French architecture from the 13th to the 17th centuries, the Château de Blois has been a listed historic monument since 1845. The château has been associated with...