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Map of touring programmes |
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Description of the country |
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Historical table and notes |
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A long and eventful history |
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Famous names from the Loire |
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35 | (2) |
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The inhabitants of the Loire Valley |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (11) |
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49 | (5) |
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54 | (230) |
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56 | (6) |
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62 | (12) |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (3) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (9) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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Chapelle de la Bourgonniere |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (5) |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (4) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (1) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (1) |
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Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (4) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (8) |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (3) |
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Chateau de Fougeres-sur-Bievre |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Eglise de Germigny-des-Pres |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (63) |
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134 | (31) |
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165 | (1) |
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165 | (5) |
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170 | (5) |
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175 | (9) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (12) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (9) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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Chateau du Plessis-Bourre |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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229 | (2) |
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Chateau de la Roche-Racan - Romorantin-Lanthe-nay |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (2) |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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Sainte-Cathe-rine-de-Fierbois |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (6) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (3) |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (15) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (2) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (4) |
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281 | (1) |
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Chateau Jardins et chateau de Villandry |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (32) |
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286 | (3) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (3) |
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295 | (3) |
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298 | (7) |
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Leisure with a local flavour |
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305 | (6) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (4) |
| Further reading |
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316 | (1) |
| Admission times and charges |
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317 | (24) |
| Useful French words and phrases |
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341 | (2) |
| Index |
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