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A summer in Touraine (1909)

Lees, George Frederic William, 1872- · London : Methuen · leaf 318

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rch which wasbuilt, between 1519 and 1530, in imitationof the Cathedral of St. Gatien, and alsobecause of a certain resemblance it has tothe solitary Tour de lHorloge and the TourCharlemagne. The Renaissance is very wellrepresented in Loches. Not far from theTour St. Antoine are several… … THK TOWN HALL AT LOCHES LA CHAPELLE-BLANCHE AND LOCHES 229 the triple fortifications of the town wereprovided by Charles vii, and it was builtbetween 1535 and 1543, under the ordersof Andre Sourdeau and Bernard Musnier,at a cost of about 3800 livres tournois.The latter, which is in the steep,…

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