Castles of France

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Castles of France :

 Castles of Loire Valley, Centre, Pays de Loire, Poitou Charente, Berry, Sologne, Aquitaine, Bordeaux, Medoc, Saint-Emilion

 

Chateaux de la Loire en Français

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Gardens 2 : beautiful countryside, rivers, watermills, villages

 

Chateau de Villandry and  gardens

 

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The Château de Villandry, built in the 16th century is very close to Azay le Rideau and almost contemporary with it .  

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Italian and Middle Ages influences have completely disappeared . Villandry castle prefigures the French classical style ,also known as the Henry IV Style.

 

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Arcaded galleries of the main courtyard .The castle, the keep and the gardens...

 

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One of the squares planted with vegetables. This garden was created in the Middle Ages . In the Abbeys the vegetables were grown by monks in geometrical shapes.

 

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The Keep and the terraces . From the early fortress ,remains only the keep incorporated in the Renaissance building.

 

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Villandry gardens Views from the belvedere...The unique "Renaissance" gardens of Villandry are among the most fascinating gardens of France and of the World . Villandry’s Ornamental Gardens ,water Garden ,Herb Garden, and kitchen Garden have an international fame...

 

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The Keep and the canal. The ornamental and water garden. Vegetable and fruit garden.

 

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Gardens 2 : beautiful countryside , rivers , watermills , villages

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Index of castles, cities,abbeys  by alphabetical order: Amboise  Angers  Azay le Rideau   Brissac  Chambonneau   Chambord  Chateau Larcher   Chaumont  Chenonceau  Cheverny  Chinon  Dissay  Gençay  Gué-Péan  Guillonnière  Langeais  Luynes  Melle  Montreuil-Bellay  Montrichard   Moulin   Nouaillé Maupertuis  Pocé sur Cisse   Saint-Aignan    Saint Maurice la Clouère    Saint Savin   Ussé   Valençay   Villandry

 

This is not the Loire Valley Official  Site . For tours, castles' opening hours, entrance rates ,do not Email us , but contact Tourists Offices, Syndicats d'Initiative or Maisons de la France.

You can consult the  official Loire Valley Castles directory :   

http://www.chateaux-de-la-loire.fr/

 

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