Centre-Val de Loire

Travel tips for Centre-Val de Loire (11)

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  Bourges Cathedral

  A World Heritage Gothic cathedral built around 1200, unusual for having no transept, so its five-aisled nave rises in one great sweep of li…

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  Chartres Cathedral

  One of the most perfect Gothic cathedrals, built mostly between 1194 and 1220 and keeping almost all its original stained glass, famous for…

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  Château d'Azay-le-Rideau

  One of the most graceful Renaissance châteaux of the Loire Valley, built in the 1520s on an island in the River Indre, so that it seems to …

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  Château de Chambord

  The largest and most extravagant of the Loire châteaux, built from 1519 for King François I as a hunting lodge.

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  Château de Chenonceau

  One of the most beautiful châteaux in France, built across the River Cher on a series of arches, with its long gallery reflected in the wat…

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