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Age of Enlightenment
The Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason; in lit in Aufklärung, "Enlightenment", in L’Illuminismo, “Enlightenment” and in Spanish: La Ilustración, "Enlightenment") was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, "The Century of Philosophy".
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Amboise
Amboise is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
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Angers
Angers is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris.
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Anjou
Anjou (Andegavia) is a historical province of France straddling the lower Loire River.
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Artichoke
The globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)Rottenberg, A., and D. Zohary, 1996: "The wild ancestry of the cultivated artichoke." Genet.
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Asparagus
Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name Asparagus officinalis, is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennial plant species in the genus Asparagus.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Blois
Blois is a city and the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France, situated on the banks of the lower river Loire between Orléans and Tours.
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Castle
A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.
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Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire ("Centre-Loire Valley") is one of the 18 administrative regions of France.
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Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
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Chansonnier
A chansonnier (cançoner, cançonièr, Galician and cancioneiro, canzoniere or canzoniéro, cancionero) is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and monophonic settings of songs, hence literally "song-books," although some manuscripts are so called even though they preserve the text but not the music (for example, the Cancioneiro da Vaticana and Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, which contain the bulk of Galician-Portuguese lyric).
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Château d'Amboise
The royal Château at Amboise is a château located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France.
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Château d'Azay-le-Rideau
The Château d'Azay-le-Rideau is located in the town of Azay-le-Rideau in the French département of Indre-et-Loire.
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Château d'Ussé
Ussé is a castle in the Indre-et-Loire département, in France.
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Château de Chambord
The Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.
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Château de Chaumont
The Château de Chaumont (or Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire) is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France.
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Château de Chenonceau
The Château de Chenonceau is a French château spanning the River Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France.
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Château de Chinon
Château de Chinon is a castle located on the bank of the Vienne river in Chinon, France.
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Château de Montsoreau
The Château de Montsoreau is a Renaissance style castle in the Loire Valley, directly built in the Loire riverbed.
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Château de Villandry
The Château de Villandry is a grand country house located in Villandry, in the département of Indre-et-Loire, France.
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Château du Rivau
The Château du Rivau is a castle-palace in Lémeré (Indre-et-Loire), in the Touraine region, France.
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Cherry
A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
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Chinon
Chinon is a commune located in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Region Centre, France.
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Contemporary art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the late 20th century or in the 21st century.
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Degree (temperature)
The term degree is used in several scales of temperature.
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Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.
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Fortification
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.
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FRAC Centre
The FRAC Centre is a contemporary art museum in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France, part of the national '''FRAC''' network of regional art collections.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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French wine
French wine is produced all throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles.
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Frost
Frost is the coating or deposit of ice that may form in humid air in cold conditions, usually overnight.
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Harvest (wine)
The harvesting of wine grapes (Vintage) is one of the most crucial steps in the process of wine-making.
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Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.
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List of wine-producing regions
This list of wine-producing regions catalogues significant growing regions where vineyards are planted.
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Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region, France.
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Loire
The Loire (Léger; Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world.
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Loire Valley (wine)
The Loire Valley wine region includes the French wine regions situated along the Loire River from the Muscadet region near the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast to the region of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé just southeast of the city of Orléans in north central France.
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Loire Valley chansonniers
The Loire Valley chansonniers are a related group of songbooks copied in the Loire Valley region of central France c. 1465-c. 1475 and produced in the context of the French royal court.
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Loiret
Loiret is a department in north-central France.
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Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire is a department of the Loire Valley in west-central France, in the Pays de la Loire region.
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Middle Paleolithic
The Middle Paleolithic (or Middle Palaeolithic) is the second subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia.
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Montsoreau
Montsoreau is a commune of the Loire Valley in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
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Muscadet
Muscadet is a French white wine.
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Orléans
Orléans is a prefecture and commune in north-central France, about 111 kilometres (69 miles) southwest of Paris.
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Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (Broioù al Liger, meaning Loire Country) is one of the 18 regions of France.
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Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-Fumé is an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for the dry sauvignon blanc white wine produced around Pouilly-sur-Loire, in the Nièvre département.
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Regional climate levels in viticulture
In viticulture, there are several levels of regional climates that are used to describe the terroir or immutable characteristics of an area.
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Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries.
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Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 14th and early 17th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.
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Sancerre (wine)
Sancerre is a French wine Appellation d'origine contrôlée or AOC for wine produced in the area of Sancerre in the eastern part of the Loire valley, southeast of Orléans.
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Saumur
Saumur is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
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Sully-sur-Loire
Sully-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
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Tours
Tours is a city located in the centre-west of France.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice.
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Wine tasting descriptors
The use of wine tasting descriptors allows the taster to qualitatively relate the aromas and flavors that the taster experiences and can be used in assessing the overall quality of wine.
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World Heritage site
A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire_Valley
