. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. As a matter of fact,it does not possess much of historical or artis-tic interest, though its fine old church datesfrom the twelfth century. Ascending the Cher from its juncture withthe Loire, one passes a number of interestingplaces. St. Aignan, with its magnificent Gothicand Eenaissance chateau; Selles; Romorantin,a dead little spot, dear as much for its sleepi-ness as anything else; Vierzon, a rich, indus-trial town where they make locomotives, auto-mobiles, and mechanical hay-rakes, copying themost models; and M
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. As a matter of fact,it does not possess much of historical or artis-tic interest, though its fine old church datesfrom the twelfth century. Ascending the Cher from its juncture withthe Loire, one passes a number of interestingplaces. St. Aignan, with its magnificent Gothicand Eenaissance chateau; Selles; Romorantin,a dead little spot, dear as much for its sleepi-ness as anything else; Vierzon, a rich, indus-trial town where they make locomotives, auto-mobiles, and mechanical hay-rakes, copying themost models; and Mehun-sur-Yevre, all follow in rapid succession. Mehun-sur-Yevre, which to most is only aname and to many not even that, is possessedof two architectural monuments, a grand ruinof a Gothic fortress of the time of Charles a feudal gateway of two great roundedcone-roofed towers, bound by a ligaturethrough which a port-cuUis formerly slid upand down like an act-drop in a theatre. Wonderfully impressive all this, and the Qateway of <^ehun-sur- Yevre. Berry and George Sands Country 325
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