Tag Archives: Langeais

More Touraine photographs from the library of the Neurdein brothers c.1880

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Jim McNeill

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Views of Châteaux of the Touraine ~ by Louis-Antonin Neurdein, c1890

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Jim McNeill

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Sketches of the chateaux, churches and street scenes along the Loire, c1910

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Jim McNeill

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Old aerial images of the Touraine and the Loire Valley

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Jim McNeill

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Langeais in the Touraine ~ a history timeline

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Jim McNeill

Langeais is one of the oldest towns in the Touraine Region and lies on the border with Anjou in the small valley of the Roumer River. Historically speaking, its people have suffered from being in the frontline of various battles … Continue reading →

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Loches at war: 1359

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Jim McNeill

The last French campaign of the 100 Years War of Edward III was between 1359-60. Once more the Loire Valley and the Touraine were pivotal regarding victory or defeat. As I mentioned in an earlier blog Gascony is the area … Continue reading →

Posted in 14th Century, Cormery, Enguerrand d'Eudin, Langeais, Loches, Montbazon, Tours, Vértez | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment