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Recent Posts
- 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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- Chez Charnizay
- Daily life of an American living in Sait-Aignan
- Fete a Manger
- Gourmet & Farmhouse cooking in the Loire
- Images and information on Ferrière Larçon
- Julie in the Loire
- L'Union Bar-Restaurant, Paulmy
- Le Grand Pressigny
- Living in the Creuse Valley ~ Kath & Roger's adventure
- Local Photographer in the Touraine
- Touraine Tourism
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Tag Archives: Tours
Beautiful images of the Touraine ~ from Dawn Lincoln
Hi all There are some marvelous images of the Touraine Region on the blog of photographer, Dawn Lincoln. Do visit; Jardins de Villandry, Rocamadour/Tours/Toulouse and Touraine en Automne I know that Dawn’s a visitor to my blog, so, a big … Continue reading
Maillé and Luynes in the Touraine ~ C17th images by Louis Boudan
The commune of Maillé in the Touraine is burned into the minds of many as the place of the Second World War massacre. But, of course, the small town and its surrounding district has more history than that single tragic … Continue reading
Posted in 13th Century, 14th Century, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century Touraine, 20th Century, architecture, Artists, Bronze Age, French Revolution, Louis Boudan, Louis XIII, Luynes, Maillé, Maps, Medieval history, Pre-History, Protestantism + Huguenots, Silk Industry, Tours, Transport ~ roal. rail, water, Vineyards
Tagged French architecture, Huguenot, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Louis Boudan, Luynes, Maillé, Touraine, Touraine History, Touraine map, Tours
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Jim McNeill’s Touraine honeymoon – 1888
Now, here’s a thing you may not have known. James McNeill Whistler (the American artist of “Whistler’s Grandmother” fame) came to the Touraine when on honeymoon with his English wife, the recently widowed Beatrix (née Birnie Philip) in the summer … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century Touraine, Amboise, Artists, Loches, Tours
Tagged Amboise, Beatrix Whisler, James McNeill Whistler, Loches, Loire Valley History, Touraine History, Tours
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C17th Marmoustier Abbey at Tours and C17th maps of the Loire at Marmoustier and Montlouis
For further images and the history of Marmoustier Abbey visit my earlier post. For further C17th images of maps of the Loire at Tours just click here to visit an older posting.
More Touraine photographs from the library of the Neurdein brothers c.1880
Further to my recent post of photographs of Chateaux of the Loire Valley below are further images by the Neurdein Brothers of Paris. The images can be found on the website of the Bibliothèque nationale de France – where you … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century Touraine, Amboise, architecture, Azay-le-Rideau, Chambord, Chaumont-sur-loire, Chenonceau, Langeais, Loches, Loire River and Loire Basin, Louis-Antonin Neurdein, Luynes, Tours
Tagged Amboise, Azay-le-Rideau, Blois, Chambord, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Chenonceau, ETIENNE NEURDEIN, French architecture, French Ministry of Culture, Langeais, Loches, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Louis-Antonin Neurdein, Luynes, Roger-Viollet, Touraine History, Tours
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Views of Châteaux of the Touraine ~ by Louis-Antonin Neurdein, c1890
Further to my previous post, here are further views of the Châteaux of the Touraine. This time they are sepia photographs from the 1911 book, In Château Land, by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. It is available for you to download from The … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century Touraine, Amboise, architecture, Azay-le-Rideau, Chaumont-sur-loire, Chinon, Langeais, Loches, Louis-Antonin Neurdein, Luynes, Tours
Tagged Amboise, Azay-le-Rideau, Blois, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Chinon, French architecture, Langeais, Loches, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Louis-Antonin Neurdein, Luynes, Neurdein Frères, Touraine, Touraine History, Tours
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Sketches of the chateaux, churches and street scenes along the Loire, c1910
The images below, mostly vignettes based on paintings done during research for the book, come from the book The Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Valley. This guide to the region is Francis Miltoun and was published … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Amboise, Angers, architecture, Azay-le-Rideau, Chambord, Chavigny, Chenonceau, Chinon, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, Fontevrault, Langeais, Langeais, Loches, Luynes, Maps, Montrichard, Plessis-les-Tours, Saumur, Tours, Ussé, Valençay
Tagged Amboise, Angers, Azay-le-Rideau, Beaugency, Blois, Chambord, Chenonceau, Cheverny, Chinon, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, Cocne, Fontevrault, French architecture, Langeais, Loches, Loire, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Luynes, Montrichard, Plessis-les-Tours, Samour, Touraine, Touraine History, Touraine map, Tours, Ussé, Valancey
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Joue-Les-Tours: laïcité row and an old image from c1918
Once a quiet village in the Touraine, Joue-les-Tours now forms a large suburb of the City of Tours. It was in the news a couple of years ago when the mayor, Philippe Le Breton, added the word “Laïcité” (meaning, “Secular”) … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Joue-Les-Tours, Tours
Tagged burka, Egalité, Fraternité, Joue-Les-Tours, Laïcité, Liberté, Loire Valley History, Touraine History, Tours
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Two images of Tours, France ~ c1919 & c1931
Posted in 20th Century, architecture, Loire River and Loire Basin, Tours
Tagged Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Touraine, Touraine History, Tours
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Notes on Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, in the city of Tours ~ fresh veg, Yankie shoes and union strikes
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps is on the site of an ancient Bronze Age settlement and it was on its current boundaries that the Romans once burned their dead. From the Middle Ages to the 20th Century it was an area for market gardening … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century Touraine, 20th Century, 21st Century, Bronze Age, Cher, French Communist Party, Loire River and Loire Basin, Market Gardens, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Tours, Transport ~ roal. rail, water, World War I, World War II
Tagged AEF, CGT, French Communist Party, Loire Valley History, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Touraine History, Tours, Tours Congress, World War I, World War II
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