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Floating on the River Cher, this slate-capped tufa chateau raises its turrets and square chimneys to the sky... It rises from the bottom of a large avenue of trees, light, luminous and transparent. The château is not on the water's edge...
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At the crossroads of Touraine, Anjou and Poitou, the town of Richelieu is a unique example of 17th-century town planning in France. Situated in the department of Indre-et-Loire, the town, or rather the market town (1,700 inhabitants), surrounded by ramparts...
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In La Riche, 3 km from Tours, the priory of St Cosme was founded in the 11th century to welcome pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. It was the home of Ronsard, prior from 1565 to 1585. copyright C....
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"Beautiful as a fairy palace, grand as a king's palace", said Victor Hugo. "A monument of pride", according to Flaubert. François 1st was the creator of Chambord, a symbol of the Renaissance, on the edge of the Val...
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Situated in the Bouches du Rhône region, between the Alpilles, Pays d'Aix, Luberon and Camargue, Salon-de-Provence is surrounded by countryside where the olive tree is king. Its history is reflected in the architectural heritage of the old town centre and in the "quartier des savonniers", in the...
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