Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country (1906)
Mansfield, Milburg Francisco, 1871- · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 154
. It is poor and impoverished whencompared with most French churches, and hasa most astonishing timbered veranda, with astraining, creaking roof running around its twounobstructed walls. The open rafters are filledwith all sorts of rubbish, and the local firebrigade keeps its hose and ladders… … 114 Old Touraine and the Loire Country ducted with a pomp most unexpected. Alto-gether it forms, as to its fabric and its func-tions, as strong a contrast of activity and decayas one is likely to see in a long journey. The town itself is a sleepy, unprogressiveplace, where automobilists may not…
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