Chateau de Tours, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Unlike many of the chateaux of the Loire valley, Chateau de Tours is a plain building with two towers.
Unlike many of the chateaux of the Loire valley, Chateau de Tours is a plain building with two towers.
Sited beside the Cathedral, the Psalette cloister consists of three galleries.
King Francis I invited Leonardo da Vinci to spend the last years of life in Amboise which was then the seat of the court of France.
Imposing house close to the Cathedral which has been converted to house the Musée de Beaux-Arts.
Elevations, Longitudinal Section & Plan published in The Building News, March 13th 1874.
Built with the rose-hued sandstone, local to the area, inside this Roman-Byzantine is a highly decorated basilica style church.
A castle was built here around 1190 as a stronghold on the river bank,
Crossing the River Loire, is the elegant Pont Wilson. Known locally as the pont de pierre (stone bridge),
This is part of the remains of the massive medieval basilica.