FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF LANGEAIS : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE NORTH, AT SUNRISE. ALL AROUND, THE SMALL TOWN OF LANGEAIS. ON

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FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF LANGEAIS : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE NORTH, AT SUNRISE. ALL AROUND, THE SMALL TOWN OF LANGEAIS. ON FOREGROUND LEFT, RUE GAMBETTA. ON FOREGROUND RIGHT, RUE CHARLES VIII. LEFT OF CASTLE, RUE ANNE DE BRETAGNE. RIGHT OF CASTLE, RUE FOULQUES NERRA. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, THE LOIRE RIVER. ON BACKGROUND RIGHT, THE OLDEST DONJON IN FRANCE, BUILT BY THE ACCOUNT OF ANJOU FOULQUES NERRA IN 994. COMMISSIONED BY KING LOUIS XI IN 1465, ITS ARCHITECTURE PRESENTS A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE: ON ONE SIDE, AN IMPRESSIVE FORTIFIED FACADE, WITH ITS LARGE TOWERS, ITS WALKWAY AND DRAWBRIDGE. ON THE OTHER SIDE, A COURTYARD FACADE, WITH MANY CARVED WINDOWS THAT OPEN ONTO THE GARDENS AND ANNOUNCE THE RESIDENCES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

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Size: 7218px × 9621px
Location: FRANCE. VAL DE LOIRE
Photo credit: © Stephane COMPOINT / Onlyfrance.fr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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