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Touraine and Berry Regions of France; promotional materials from the past
Posted in 20th Century, Chambord, Tourism, Valençay
Tagged Amboise, Berry, Blois, Chambord, French Postcards, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Touraine, Touraine History, Valençay
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Postcard of the Chateau of Amboise ~ and its story from 1906
Recently I added a couple of postcards of the Touraine to my small collection, this time through EBAY. The one below is a view of Amboise that, while interesting in itself, it is the reverse that tells a story. It … Continue reading
Posted in Postal Service
Tagged Amboise, Blois, French Postal Service, French Postcards, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Touraine, Touraine History
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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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Train excursion to the Touraine ~ poster by Gustave Fraipont, 1893
This beautiful poster was published by Fraipont et Moreau, 95 rue de Vaugirard, Paris in 1893. Its original size was 139 x 100cm. The illustration and design was the work of Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923) and is one of numerous designs … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century Touraine, Amboise, Artists, Chambord, Loire River and Loire Basin, Transport ~ roal. rail, water, Ussé
Tagged Amboise, Blois, Chambord, French railways, Gustave Fraipont, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Railway Posters, Touraine, Touraine History, Touraine map, Ussé
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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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Old aerial images of the Touraine and the Loire Valley
M. Didier Lecoq has assembled a fantastic collection of stories and images of aeroplanes of the Touraine on his site: Aéroplane de Touraine: L’histoire de l’aviation en Indre-et-Loire des origines à nos jours. His site includes old aerial photos of … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Amboise, Azay-le-Rideau, Chambord, Charite-sur-Loire, Chaumont-sur-loire, Chenonceau, Cheverny, Chinon, Cinq-Mars-la-Pile, Cosne-sur-Loire, Eguzon, Langeais, Luynes, Montbazon, Montpeupon, Parçay-Meslay, Sagonne, Saint-Aignan, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Sancerre, Saumur, Sully-sur-Loire, Tours, Ussé, Valençay, Villandry
Tagged Amboise, Azay-le-Rideau, Blois, Chambord, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Chenonceau, Cheverny, Chinon, Cinq-Mars-sur-Loire, Cosne-sur-Loire, Eguzon, La Charite-sur-Loire, Langeais, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Luynes, Montbazon, Montpeupon, Parçay-Meslay, Sagonne, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Sainte-Aignan-sur-Cher, Sancerre, Saumur, Sully-sur-Loire, Touraine, Touraine History, Tours, Ussé, Valençay, Villandry, Vouvray
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A timeline of war and intrigue in the Touraine ~ 1044-1189
Although this blog site will not focus on Kings & Queens and châteaux ~ their role has to be covered to some degree ~ for example to understand how the institution of Medieval chivalry and knighthood, and its decline, … Continue reading
The Loire in Flood
Anyone who lives in the Touraine will be aware of the variable level of the major rivers in the region; with a period of low water in summer and violent spates in spring and autumn. In the past these ‘spates’ … Continue reading
Posted in Loire River and Loire Basin
Tagged Blois, dikes, flooding, floods, Le Petit Journal, Loire, Loire nature, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, nuclear power, polders, Touraine, Touraine History
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