Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country (1906)
Mansfield, Milburg Francisco, 1871- · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 286
ons of Tours aremany and interesting: St. Symphorien, Va-rennes, the Grottoes of Ste. Radegonde, and thesite of that most famous abbey of Marmoutier,also a foundation of St. Martin. Here, underthe name Martinus Monasterium, grew up animmense and superb establishment. From anold seventeenth-century… … In the middle ages (thirteenth century) itwas one of the most powerful institutions of itsclass, and its church one of the most beautiful 220 Old Touraine and the Loire Country in Touraine. The tower and donjon are theonly substantial remains of this early edifice. A curious chapel, called the…
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