Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country (1906)
Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 104
inesforming a background as if they were reallylaunching themselves forth in mid-air. Above this central doorway, or entrance tothe courtyard, is a niche in which is a modernequestrian statue of Louis XII., replacing amore ancient one destroyed at the Revolution.This old statue, it is claimed, was… … Central Doonvay, Chateau de Blots The Blaisois and the Sologne 67 Hie ubi natus erat dextro Lodoicus Olympo,Sumpsit honorata Regia sceptra manu ;Felix quEe taati fulfit lux nuntia Regis ;Gallia non alio Principe digna fuit. FAUSTUS 1498. According to an old French description thisold statue was:…
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