The castles along the Loira. My trip to France, part 3

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And after the Normandy and Brittany on srada go back to visit some castle in the Loire.<br /><strong>Angersstrong> city art, city of history .... The castle, perfectly preserved, is an imposing fortress built in 1228-38 during the reign of Louis IX, surrounded by a moat 30 meters wide and 11 deep, the city walls, reinforced with 17 powerful torioni cylindrical, is 950 meters long.<br /><strong>Toursstrong> is the most fascinating cities of the Loire, through a restoration plan, due to a rich middle class, and a bustling Opole University. And 'costra site of a Roman settlement and in the fourth century, under the Vesco St. Martin became an important center of Christianity. In 1461 Louis XI declared the capital of France and the town prospered with arms industries and textiles.<br />The romantic Château de <strong>Chenonceaustrong> <strong>Chenonceaustrong> Castle was built in stages, from the Renaissance onwards by a series of noblewomen. A magnificent avenue of plane trees leads to harmonious gardens and views of those evenings that Flaubert called "floating on air and water," The chateau, in fact, is leaning on the Cher River with a tunnel of 60 meters., Supported by a series of arches and is reflected in the water languidly. This wonderful spectacle continues inside, with rooms elegantly furnished, airy bedrooms, fine paintings and tapestries.<br />CHATEAU DE <strong>Amboisestrong> few buildings line the historic castle of <strong>Amboisestrong>. Lived here Louis XI, Charles VIII was born there and died, Francis I and Catherine de Medici went to visit regularly. LA Tour Minimes, the original entrance of the castle is famous for its spiral ramp along which you could go on horseback to bring the supplies. Perched on the ramparts is the Chapelle de St. Hubert, which is believed to be buried Leonardo Da Vinci.<br />CHATEAU DE <strong>Chevernystrong> the spell of the landscape highlights the beauty of otherness and magnificent residence .... The history of this castle belongs to the last period of the stately Loire Valley, where the powerful families of the prolonged real-time patronage , making the building castles in apiezza and its luxury contrasted with the modest country residence of a provincial nobility generally very poor.<br />CHATEAU DE <strong>Chambordstrong> Henry James remarked that "<strong>Chambordstrong> and Rega, rega-size, appearance and supreme indifference to human Cosider. The original core of the largest palace of the Loire, due to the extravagance of Francis I, was a hunting lodge of the Foret de Boulogne. In 1519 the casino was shot down and began the construction of <strong>Chambordstrong> probably designed by Leonardo.<br />Chateau de <strong>Bloisstrong> <strong>Bloisstrong> is dominated by its magnificent castle built on a cliff overlooking the azure roofs of houses. Lying on the right bank of the Loire, the town was in the sixteenth century, the favorite residence of French kings. Castle Boils is particularly interesting because it represents a compendium of French architecture. Begun in the XIII century it was enlarged in the fifteenth century, then by Francis I in 1700, which called to work by Italian artists. The masterpiece of the castle is the famous spiral staircase in a tower closed polygonal richly carved balconies.<br />And after a good 6800 km our adventure to roam for France can be called complete and return home.