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Château de Montsoreau

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The Château de Montsoreau is a Renaissance style castle in the Loire Valley, directly built in the Loire riverbed. [1]

60 relations: Alexandre Dumas, Angers, Anjou, Art & Language, Candes-Saint-Martin, Cardinal Richelieu, Castle, Charles VII of France, Château de Chinon, Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art, Châteaux of the Loire Valley, Chinon, Counts of Blois, Departments of France, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Fortification, François Maistre, France, France 2, Fulk III, Count of Anjou, Gallo-Roman culture, Henry II of England, Henry III of France, Jacques Cœur, Joan of Arc, Karin Pettersen, La Dame de Monsoreau, La Reine Margot (novel), List of castles in France, Loire, Loire Valley, Louis de Bussy d'Amboise, Louis XI of France, Louis XIII of France, Maine-et-Loire, Mario Camerini, Ministry of Culture (France), Montbazon, Montsoreau, Monument historique, Philippe Méaille, Pilaster, Poitou, Renaissance architecture, René Le Somptier, Robert of Arbrissel, Saumur, Son et lumière (show), ..., St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, Thomas Jouannet, Touraine, Tufa, UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, Venice, Vienne (river), World Heritage site, World War II, Yannick Andréi. Expand index (10 more) »

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, père ("father"), was a French writer.

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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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Art & Language

Art & Language is a conceptual artists' collaboration that has undergone many changes since it was created in the late 1960s.

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Candes-Saint-Martin

Candes-Saint-Martin (Latin: Candia Sanctus Martinus) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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Cardinal Richelieu

Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (9 September 15854 December 1642), commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu (Cardinal de Richelieu), was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman.

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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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Charles VII of France

Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461), called the Victorious (le Victorieux)Charles VII, King of France, Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War, ed.

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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-Museum of Contemporary Art

The Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art, situated in the Loire valley,is a private museum open to the public.

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Châteaux of the Loire Valley

The Châteaux of the Loire Valley (French: Châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Nantes, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours along the Loire River in France.

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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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Counts of Blois

The County of Blois was originally centred on Blois, south of Paris, France.

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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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Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine (Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore,; 1124 – 1 April 1204) was queen consort of France (1137–1152) and England (1154–1189) and duchess of Aquitaine in her own right (1137–1204).

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Fontevraud Abbey

The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in Anjou, France.

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Fontevraud-l'Abbaye

Fontevraud-l'Abbaye is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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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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François Maistre

François Maistre (14 May 1925 – 16 May 2016) was a French film, television and theatre actor.

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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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France 2

France 2 is a French public national television channel.

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Fulk III, Count of Anjou

Fulk III, the Black (970–1040; Foulque Nerra) was an early Count of Anjou celebrated as one of the first great builders of medieval castles.

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Gallo-Roman culture

The term "Gallo-Roman" describes the Romanized culture of Gaul under the rule of the Roman Empire.

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Henry II of England

Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, ruled as Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, King of England and Lord of Ireland; at various times, he also partially controlled Wales, Scotland and Brittany.

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Henry III of France

Henry III (19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589; born Alexandre Édouard de France, Henryk Walezy, Henrikas Valua) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1573 to 1575 and King of France from 1574 until his death.

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Jacques Cœur

Jacques Cœur (in Bourges – 25 November 1456 in Chios), was a French merchant, one of the founders of the trade between France and the Levant.

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Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc; 6 January c. 1412Modern biographical summaries often assert a birthdate of 6 January for Joan, which is based on a letter from Lord Perceval de Boulainvilliers on 21 July 1429 (see Pernoud's Joan of Arc By Herself and Her Witnesses, p. 98: "Boulainvilliers tells of her birth in Domrémy, and it is he who gives us an exact date, which may be the true one, saying that she was born on the night of Epiphany, 6 January"). – 30 May 1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (La Pucelle d'Orléans), is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.

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Karin Pettersen

Karin Pettersen (born November 21, 1964 in Frosta) is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist.

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La Dame de Monsoreau

La Dame de Monsoreau is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père.

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La Reine Margot (novel)

La Reine Margot (English:Queen Margot) is a historical novel written in 1845 by Alexandre Dumas, père.

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List of castles in France

This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.

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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

The Loire Valley (Vallée de la Loire), spanning, is located in the middle stretch of the Loire River in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire.

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Louis de Bussy d'Amboise

Louis de Clermont, seigneur de Bussy d'Amboise (1549–1579) was a gentleman at the court of French king Henri III, a swordsman, dandy, and a lover of both sexes.

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Louis XI of France

Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (le Prudent), was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1461 to 1483.

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Louis XIII of France

Louis XIII (27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.

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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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Mario Camerini

Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

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Ministry of Culture (France)

The Ministry of Culture (Ministère de la Culture) is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the monuments historiques.

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Montbazon

Montbazon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

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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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Monument historique

* Monument historique is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France.

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Philippe Méaille

Philippe Méaille (French; born 27 April 1973) is a French Contemporary Art Collector.

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Pilaster

The pilaster is an architectural element in classical architecture used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function.

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Poitou

Poitou, in Poitevin: Poetou, was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.

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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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René Le Somptier

René Eugène Le Somptier (12 November 1884 in Caen – 23 September 1950 in Paris) was a French filmmaker and journalist.

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Robert of Arbrissel

Robert of Arbrissel (1045 – 1116) was an itinerant preacher, and founder of the abbey of Fontevrault.

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Saumur

Saumur is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Son et lumière (show)

Son et lumière (French, lit. "sound and light"), or a sound and light show, is a form of nighttime entertainment that is usually presented in an outdoor venue of historic significance.

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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

The St.

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Thomas Jouannet

Thomas Jouannet (born 30 September 1970 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss actor.

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Touraine

Touraine is one of the traditional provinces of France.

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Tufa

Tufa is a variety of limestone formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of ambient temperature water.

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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists

UNESCO established its Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage with the aim of ensuring better protection of important intangible cultural heritages worldwide and the awareness of their significance.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia,; Venesia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Vienne (river)

The Vienne (Vinhana) is one of the most important rivers in south-western France.

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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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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yannick Andréi

Yannick Andréi (18 February 1927–28 December 1987) was the alias of French film director and screenwriter Jean Antione Andréi.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Montsoreau

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