11th C. – Remains of Basilica, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
This is part of the remains of the massive medieval basilica.
This is part of the remains of the massive medieval basilica.
After the first cathedral of any great substance burnt down in 1020,
This 13th century church was built on the site of an earlier building –
The Notre-Dame de Reims is the Cathedral of Reims, where the kings of France were once crowned.
Sited on an island in the middle of the river Seine,
The magnificent St Gatien Cathedral was built between the 12th and 16th centuries in a medieval and later renaissance gothic.
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.
The castle has been modified throughout its history. Around 1050, it did not resemble a defensive fortress but a large agricultural domain.
Originally constructed at the end of the 14th century, the only remaining vestige of that era is the square tower on the south facade,