"The sturdy grey stone towers of the Château de Luynes, high on the hillside above the little terraced town, make it look like a real stone fortress" — thus sayeth the Thomas Cook Publishing's Loire Valley guidebook. "In fact, it was tranformed from a castle to a home 600 years ago."
Cadogan's Loire guidebook chimes in: "Standing guard high above the Loire [...] west of Tours on the river's right bank, the formidable medieval Château de Luynes [...] dates back to the 13th century..."
On the left just above is a view of the terraced town of Luynes as seen from the château.
"The sturdy grey stone towers of the Château de Luynes, high on the hillside above the little terraced town, make it look like a real stone fortress" — thus sayeth the Thomas Cook Publishing's Loire Valley guidebook. "In fact, it was tranformed from a castle to a home 600 years ago."
Cadogan's Loire guidebook chimes in: "Standing guard high above the Loire [...] west of Tours on the river's right bank, the formidable medieval Château de Luynes [...] dates back to the 13th century..."
On the left just above is a view of the terraced town of Luynes as seen from the château.
I'm not sure that I'd know how to pronounce that name, Luynes. What a place!
ReplyDeleteLuynes is just one syllable: lween but with the French u sound, not really a w. Other words like that are puy, puis, fuit, cuit, and so on. Except for the w sound, Luynes rhymes with queen.
DeleteI would never have guessed that pronunciation!
DeleteYou got some nice photos. Those trips with CHM kept you moving along from site to site or should I say sight to sight?
ReplyDeleteCHM was full of energy, that's for sure. I always enjoyed spending time with him because he had so much knowledge of France and his history. Also because we always spoke French together.
DeleteThose two anonymous comments above were from Ken of course.
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