Azay-le-Rideau : un vitrail de Max Ingrand

During the second world war, quite a few of the stained glass windows at the Église Saint-Symphorien in Azay were destroyed. Some of them were replaced in 1955, including this one by the maître-verrier (master glazier) named Max Ingrand. The scene depicted is the crowning of the Virgin Mary. It's a very large window.

L'Église St-Symphorien d'Azay-le-Rideau

The Michelin green guidebook calls St-Symphorien cette curieuse église du 11e siècle, aggrandie au siècle suivant puis au 16e siècle. It continues: ..sur la partie droite de la façade à pignons [on voit] des élément de l'église primitif du 5e et 6e siècles...

Une promenade...

...dans les rues d'Azay-le-Rideau en mars 2017.

      


We were on our way to Chinon to see a breeder of Shetland sheepdogs to see if we could get one from her. We did: Natasha. We didn't bring her home until May, after she was weaned, vaccinated, and registered. By the way, we had lunch that day at the restaurant called La Salamandre (photos above), which seems to have gone belly-up during the covid pandemic and has been replaced by a much more upscale restaurant called L'Épine (The Thorn). A new place to try...

Azay-le-Rideau views and reflections

I mean reflections on calm waters, not thoughts. The top three photos here are ones I took in October 2000. The last one is what we saw when we went back in 2017. Scaffolding and tarps. We decided to walk around in the village instead of going into the château or onto the grounds. We found a place to have lunch and then continued our drive to Chinon, where Tasha was waiting for us to come and take her home.