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Tag Archives: Plessis-les-Tours
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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The strange death of Louis XI at Plessis-les-Tours, 1483
Below are a number of extracts from Philippe de Commyne’s Memoirs of king Louis XI’s (1423 – 1483) time at the château of Plessis-les Tours which lies to the west of Tours. The château was built in middle of the … Continue reading
Plessis-les-Tours ~ some interesting facts
The château of Plessis-les Tours is to the west of Tours. It was built in middle of the 15th Century under instructions from Louis XI. The above image is from, Visages de la Touraine in my collection. Here are some … Continue reading
Posted in French Revolution, Medieval history, Mulberry Plantations, Plessis-les-Tours, Silk Industry, Tours
Tagged Dutch Republic, Francois Duke of Anjou, French architecture, French Revoluntion, Loire Valley, Loire Valley History, Louis XI, mulberry trees, Plessis-les-Tours, silk industry, Touraine History, Tours, Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours, Tristan l'Hermite
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