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- DUO ALBORADA at Le Petit Théâtre des Balcons
- More on old ads in the Touraine
- Beautiful images of the Touraine ~ from Dawn Lincoln
- Loire Valley memorial to the abolition of slavery ~ inauguration on 25th March, 2012
- The Vendée War of 1773-1799 ~ the Loire valley during the French Revolution
- C17th Clermont Château or should that be Chasteau? What’s in a circumflex?
- Scenes of the Loire c1906 ~ and a little detective work by yours truly
- Animated Maps of French and World History
- C17th and C18th plans and maps of Amboise in the Loire Valley, Touraine
- Further early C20th images of women of the Touraine
- Further images of Edwardian women in the Touraine ~ 1908
- Young women of Vouvray in traditional Touraine costume ~ 1906
- Strange happenings in the sky over the Touraine ~ 1670 ~ can you shed any light?
- Postcard of the Chateau of Amboise ~ and its story from 1906
- Château of Amboise in the Loire Valley ~ C18th and C19th images
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- Julie in the Loire
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- Living in the Creuse Valley ~ Kath & Roger's adventure
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Tag Archives: Neuilly le Brignon
Le Chatelier and Paulmy ~ their châteaux and 16th Century religious wars
Following the recent successful history walk from Paulmy to Le Chatelier in the South Touraine I thought it would be of interest to share the history notes I prepared for the day (many thanks to Kath Watson for assistance with … Continue reading
Postcard image of Neuilly le Brignon, South Touraine, France c.1900
An image of the Tree of Liberty at Neuilly le Brignon in the South Touraine. It is from my small collection of regional postcards and I have asked one of my neighbours to take a photo of the same spot … Continue reading
Le Chatelier (37350) ~ maps of this beautiful hamlet
Last year Sam, a young farmer at La Jaquetière, Le Chatelier, in the Commune of Paulmy, was good enough to lend me a map of our hamlet. There was no date but it was not too old, perhaps from the … Continue reading
Posted in Le Chatelier, Maps
Tagged Le Chatelier, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, mill, moulin, Neuilly le Brignon, Paulmy, Touraine, Touraine History, Touraine Maps
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Jean Vimenet ~ painter, sculpter and actor of the Touraine
Observant readers of a recent blog contacted me to ask who is Jean Vimenet commemorated in the park of Neuilly le Brignon? So, here a brief biog of this Touraine-born painter and sculptor: Vimenet was born in Tours, May 21, … Continue reading
Posted in Jean Vimenet, Neuilly le Brignon
Tagged Cachan, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Edouard Vuillard, Jean Vimenet, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Neuilly le Brignon, New Republic Central West, Salon d'Automne, Touraine, Touraine History, Tours, Villa Abd-el-Tif
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