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Amboise
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Azay le Rideau
Blois
Carcassonne
Chambord
Chenonceau
Fontainebleau
Mont Saint Michel
Versailles
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  • Chambord Castle  - The Chateau of Chambord in one of the loveliest Renaissance buildings in the Valley of the Loire.
  • Chateau of Versailles - The Palace of Versailles was the official residence of the Kings of France from 1682 until 1790. It was originally a hunting lodge, built in 1624, by Louis XIII. It was expanded by Louis XIV beginning in 1669.
  • Mont Saint Michel  - Saint Michael appeared the 9th of October 708 to Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches in Normandie and asked him to build a sanctuary to his honor on an island not far from the coast.

  • Chenonceau Castle Vet - In 1515 Thomas Bohier, revenue collector for King Francis I, began the construction of the Château de Chenonceaux. Unfinished at the time of his death, construction of the château was completed by Bohier's wife and son.

  • Cheverny  - The Cheverny's estate has belonged to the same family, the Huraults, for more than six centuries. The architect's father was kings Henry III and Henry IV's chancellor (minister of justice)

 

 

 

 


Amboise


Azay-Le Rideau


Blois


Chambord


Chaumont


Chenonceau


Cheverny


Chinon


Langeais


Loches


Saumur


Ussé


Villandry

 

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