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The châteaux of Touraine (1906)

Lansdale, Maria Hornor, b. 1860 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 318

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ank of the Loire. Like so many other chateaux ithad its origin in a Roman fort, the site being occupied laterby an Xlth century keep, torn down in the X\^th century tomake room for the present building. Tlie little town hugsthe bottom of the hill and partly climbs it; many of the stilloccupied… … - -^^e^^i^fcai^?^ ^&^ ^ ^ S/r.-- tSS . .:5ite LUYNES period, and now fitted with doors and windows to meet therequirements of a more luxurious age. The chimneys are runup through the rock to the level above and stick out fromamong the bushes and grass at every possible angle and withthe oddest…

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