Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateâux (1900)
Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 · New York, J. Pott & co. · leaf 312
h defended the old roadto Le Mans.^ The name of yet another favourite in the samereign is recalled by the strange Pile de Cinq Mars,a little farther down the valley. An explanationhas already been suggested for this strange erec-tion; it may well have flashed signals for the Lan- ^ Malliacense… … Gincj c/lBatd—cJiDickeiieu 245 terne de Rochecorbon to pass on to Amboise, butno reasonable account of its building and designhas been as yet forthcoming. Upon the hill a littlehigher up are the ruins of a chateau, three roundtowers, the smallest with a pointed roof, and lowerdown a smaller tower,…
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