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. One of these is plain finished while the other has more ornate corbelling.
Unlike many of the chateaux of the Loire valley, Chateau de Tours is a plain building with two towers. One of these is plain finished while the other has more ornate corbelling.
Sited beside the Cathedral, the Psalette cloister consists of three galleries. A fine open staircase links the lower cloister with the upper scriptorium and library.
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. Formerly the Bishop’s Palace for the neighbouring cathedral.
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. There is a fine dome over the crossing.
A castle was built here around 1190 as a stronghold on the river bank, and in 1370 this castle was converted into a Palace on the orders of King Charles V.
Crossing the River Loire, is the elegant Pont Wilson. Known locally as the pont de pierre (stone bridge), it is an exact replica of the original 18th century bridge which collapsed in a flood in 1978.
This is part of the remains of the massive medieval basilica. Other parts of the building can also be observed including Charlemange’s Tower.