Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateaux of France (1893)
Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 · New York : Scribner · leaf 150
arply to the west, and passing the keep of]\Iontbazon, winds slowly round the turrets of Azay-le-Rideau towards its meeting with the Loire belowLangeais. Perhaps no greater contrast between twosuch buildings exists as between the two guardians ofthe Indre, the sculptured bridges of… … o c :f « LOCHES 119 point of the line of fortresses that protect the southernapproaches of the Loire. One of the chief features in the flat landscapethrough which the railway from Tours passes is thiskeep of Montbazon, a vast square mass of masonry-rising suddenly from the ground, the donjon of…
Castles -- France Touraine · Touraine (France) -- History
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