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The châteaux of Touraine (1906)

Lansdale, Maria Hornor, b. 1860, Guérin, Jules Vallée, 1866-1946, Mills, Harold Palmer. fmo · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 43

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pitals forpilgrims, monasteries, and an extraordinary number ofchurches; a whole new town in itself, connected with Toursby the Roman road leading west to Angers. In the Xth cen- iThe Huguenots were not, however, of money for his pleasures and his wars, the first to lay violent hands upon the… … THE TOUR CHARLEMAGNE, BELONGING TO THE ANCIENTBASILICA OF ST. MARTIN OF TOURS TOURS tury, with the constant dread of the Normans hanging overit, this community built a wall of defence of its own, and wascalled Chateauneuf. Under Louis XI the two towns, withthe interlying suburbs, were enclosed…

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