Castles and Châteaux of Old Touraine
and the Loire Country
WORKS OF
FRANCIS MILTOUN
Rambles on the Riviera
Rambles in Normandy
Rambles in Brittany
The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine
The Cathedrals of Northern France
The Cathedrals of Southern France
The Cathedrals of Italy (In preparation)
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
Castles and Châteaux
OF
OLD TOURAINE
AND THE LOIRE COUNTRY
By Francis Miltoun
Author of "Rambles in Normandy," "Rambles in Brittany,""Rambles on the Riviera," etc.
With Many Illustrations
Reproduced from paintings made on the spot
By Blanche McManus
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
By L. C. Page & Company
(Incorporated)
All rights reserved
First Impression, June, 1906
COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U. S. A.
By Way of Introduction
This book is not the result of ordinary conventionalrambles, of sightseeing by day, andflying by night, but rather of leisurely wanderings,for a somewhat extended period, alongthe banks of the Loire and its tributaries andthrough the countryside dotted with thosesplendid monuments of Renaissance architecturewhich have perhaps a more appealing interestfor strangers than any other similaredifices wherever found.
Before this book was projected, the conventionaltour of the château country had been"done