Name: フランスの上から HD - シャトー ・ ド ・ ラ ・ ロワールの高精細ビュー (France From Above HD - High Definition Views of the Chateaux de la Loire)
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Our journey begins on the coast at Saint Nazaire and the mouth of the River Loire. And along

the river valley are some of the finest castles, palaces and houses in France. As we head up

river past Nante, the main towns on our journey will be Angers, Tours, Blois and Orleans.

Some of the palaces we will see are enormous, and built over 400 years ago. Many of the

castles date back even further in time. At Orleans we head north east away from the river

to end our journey at two palaces -- Fontainebleau, and then on to one of the architectural masterpieces

Saint Nazaire, on the north bank of the Loire estuary, came into prominence during the 19th

century when the harbour expanded, ship building began and the railway arrived.

The harbour is perhaps most famous for the daring, and successful, British Commando raid

during World War Two, when an old ship, full of explosives, was rammed into the dock gates

to prevent the use of the dry dock by large German battleships.

The Germans used Saint Nazaire as a base for naval operations in the Atlantic, and inside

the harbour is an enormous old German U-Boat pen with concrete in incredible nine metres

thick, and capable of withstanding any allied bomb. Even today its construction makes demolition

uneconomical. The base is now used by cafes, a bar and on the roof is an exhibition about

The river Loire is the longest one in France at 1,012 kilometres. It has been referred

to as the 'Garden of France' and studded with hundreds of historic estates, as well as the

many famous French wine regions that line the banks - Muscadet, Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé.

The city of Angers lies in the Loire Valley three miles north of the river on a small

The Chateau d'Angers has a history stretching back to the Romans who had a fort on the site.

The seventeen massive towers were built in the 14th century, and reduced in height during

the 16th century with the stone used for developing the growing town.

Further damage was done to the castle during the German occupation of World War Two when

a munitions dump inside the chateau exploded. But, even with all that's happened to the

castle over the years, it's still an impressive sight.

An equally impressive site and the first many on this journey is the Chateau du Plessis-Bourré.

It was built in only five years from 1468 and has been very little altered externally

since then. It even has the original working drawbridge.

The style of conical roofs is something which can be seen in many of the houses and palaces

The river provides water for the fertile valley where farmland and vineyards are interspersed.

Large parts of the landscape are also forested, with many of them going back to medieval days

when they were used as hunting parks attached to the different chateau along the valley.

The Chateau de Saumur stands on the edge of a forest overlooking the river. It was built

in the 13th and later became the home of the Dukes of Anjou.

Over the centuries it has been used as a military barracks and a state prison under Napoleon

Bonaparte. Today it is undergoing extensive restoration.

Another castle is ten miles to the south on a small tributary of the Loire - the Chateau

The castle seen today dates from the 13th century, with the turreted curtain wall built

During the French Revolution it was taken over by the new government and turned into

a women's prison for suspected royalists. Later it was bought by a rich local merchant

and over the next two hundred years the Castle has had several different owners who have

helped preserve and restore the building.

Standing in the middle of farmland is the stronghold of the Chateau du Rivau.

The castle was once four sided with turret towers on each corner. As the turrets projected

out from the wall they were able to protect the entrance with an enemy trying to get across

Since 1992 the castle has undergone a great deal of restoration. The design of the castle

is in a classic 15th century French style and designed to show off the power and wealth

By the 17th century styles had changed and the Chateau d'Oiron, on the southern edge

of the Loire Valley, has been built as a house rather than a fortress, and the design has

been influenced by classical ideas from ancient Rome.

At the end of the 17th century the house was lived in by Madame de Montespan, King Louis

XIV's mistress, after he had tired of her.

The Chateau was then ransacked in the 1790's during the French Revolution and left largely

abandoned until it was bought by the State in the 1930's and turned into a very successful

On the north bank of the River Vienne, close to where it meets the Loire is the Chateau

de Chinon. This massive fortress was built in the 12th century by King Henry II of England,

who was also ruler of this area of France, which at the time was the separate kingdom

King Henry died in the castle and he and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, as well as his

son Richard the Lionheart, are all buried in a nearby abbey.

The castle was partially restored in the in the 19th century.

At the confluence of the Vienne and Loire rivers is the Chateau de Montsoreau, built

in 1455 as a strategic fortress controlling river traffic along the Loire.

Like so many other castles in the Loire Valley it was in near ruins by the end of the 19th

century, until it was bought by the local council and eventually restored and turned

On another tributary of the Loire is the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau. It was built by a rich financier

who wished to establish his new nobility. It was designed in the first stirrings of

the new French Renaissance style of the early 16th century, and sits in a dammed section

The 19th century writer Honoré de Balzac described the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau as

bathing in the Indre River like a princely creature.

The Chateau de Villandry is also built in the French Renaissance style and incorporates

a 14th tower fortress, but what marks this Chateau out from the others is the spectacular

Once owned by Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte, the Chateau fell into disrepair and was on

the verge of being demolished before being bought by a Spanish doctor, Joachim Carvallo,

in 1906. He then poured an enormous amount of time, money and devotion into restoring

the chateau and creating one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. And like many other

Chateau of the Loire it is now a World Heritage Site.

The gardens are laid out in a classic formal style with several kilometres of box hedging.

There are all sorts of water features, ornamental flower gardens and even a vegetable parterre.

Ten miles up the Loire is the largest city in Central France -- Tours. The 12th century

cathedral stands on the south bank of the river. It was the arrival of the railway in

the 19th century that saw the city revive its fortunes as it began to expand into the

surrounding countryside. And in that countryside are some of the hundreds of vineyards that

And in the Vouvray wine region is the vineyard at the Chateau Moncontour, which is one of

the oldest along the Loire Valley. Way back in the 10th century caves were excavated in

the river bank to mature and preserve the wine.

By the 15th century Vouvray's fame had spread across much of Northern Europe and the vineyards

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フランスの上から HD - シャトー・ド・ラ・ロワールの高精細ビュー (France From Above HD - High Definition Views of the Chateaux de la Loire)

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フランスの上から HD - シャトー ・ ド ・ ラ ・ ロワールの高精細ビュー (France From Above HD - High Definition Views of the Chateaux de la Loire)

journey

enormous

build

century

フランスの上から HD - シャトー・ド・ラ・ロワールの高精細ビュー (France From Above HD - High Definition Views of the Chateaux de la Loire)