Photo "Chateau Clos-Luce"

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Castle Clos-Luce, Loire Valley, France

Once the land belonged to the suburbs nunnery. Sulpicius III from home Amboise in 1214 gave the land of the nuns Mons. During the reign of Louis XI at the base of the Gallo-Roman building in 1477 Etienne Le Loup, assistant cooks of the royal kitchen of the castle Plessis-les-Tours and favorite of the king, built a small manor house without fortifications. The estate was surrounded by a whole system of defenses, which also includes a square watch tower, which we can see today. Its walls were cut by narrow windows, like those that appeared on the old road. There were also secret passage, gallery, drawbridge. 

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