This panoramic photo of Blois is one I took from the left bank of the Loire, almost directly across from the château. The big white building on the far left is the château's Classical wing. The three tall spires you see just right of the château are those of the Église Saint-Nicolas, built in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Cadogan guide describes them as soaring, sharp, and "puncturing the Blois skyline. The church on the right side of the photo is the Renaissance-era Cathédrale Saint-Louis, built in the 16th century. It was nearly destroyed by what the Michelin Guide Vert describes as
un ouragan (a hurricane) in 1678 and was re-built.
Views of Saint-Nicolas from the terrace of the Château de Blois.
Looking down on a couple of old houses in the Saint-Nicolas neighborhood
L'Église Saint-Nicolas de Blois.
This panoramic photo of Blois is one I took from the left bank of the Loire, almost directly across from the château. The big white building on the far left is the château's Classical wing. The three tall spires you see just right of the château are those of the Église Saint-Nicolas, built in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Cadogan guide describes them as soaring, sharp, and "puncturing the Blois skyline. The church on the right side of the photo is the Renaissance-era Cathédrale Saint-Louis, built in the 16th century. It was nearly destroyed by what the Michelin Guide Vert describes as un ouragan (a hurricane) in 1678 and was re-built.
Views of Saint-Nicolas from the terrace of the Château de Blois.
Looking down on a couple of old houses in the Saint-Nicolas neighborhood
L'Église Saint-Nicolas de Blois.
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