Les Châteaux en France

• 2 types: châteaux forts and châteaux de plaisance

• Châteaux forts:

• Late Middle Ages (12th-14th centuries)

• protection

• towers, moats and/or outer walls

• thick walls, small windows

• Carcassonne

• Tarascon

• Louvre (original)

• Châteaux de plaisance:

• Renaissance (14th-16th centuries)

• pleasure

• turrets, sculptures

• large windows, gardens

• over 300 in the Loire Valley• Louvre (Paris)• Tuileries (Paris)• Villandry (Loire Valley)• Chenonceau (Loire Valley)• Chambord (Loire Valley)• Fontainebleau (Paris)• Versailles (Paris)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Tarascon_Le_Chateau.jpg

http://www.traveloffthebeatenpath.com/images/LoireValleyOTBPMap.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:France_Loir-et-Cher_Chambord_Chateau_03.jpg

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/mmbcross/provence_2004/1151376780/164x_fontainebleau.jpg/tpod.html

http://www.terragalleria.com/photo/?id=fran42031&keyword=palace-fontainebleau

http://www.worldisround.com/articles/82894/photo13.html

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