Chinon: looking down at historic centre

            A view over the town  of Chinon (in the département of Indre-et-Loire, located in the Centre-Val de Loire region in west-central France), on a mostly clear late afternoon in mid-October.

It shows part of the historic centre to the south and southwest, past Place de la Fontaine and Place du Général-de-Gaulle, towards the tree-lined Vienne (a bit of which can be seen towards the centre-right). It was taken from an overlook point near the path leading up to the Forteresse royale, which beetles over the town.

Chinon is located along the river Vienne, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) above its confluence with the Loire. It is broadly considered part of the "Loire Valley" or Val de Loire. Historically, it was in the pre-Revolutionary province of Touraine. With its many surviving medieval and Renaissance buildings, the town is a noted location within the Vallée de la Loire UNESCO World Heritage Site. Many of the buildings are of pale, silvery-grey to near-white tufa limestone (in French, tuffeau or tufeau), characteristic of this area; a number of half-timbered houses (maisons à colombage) also survive.

The town is also located within Le Parc naturel régional Loire-Anjou-Touraine (the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Natural Park), with the substantial Forêt de Chinon extending between the rivers Vienne and Indre.

The statue in the background honors François Rabelais (died 1553), the Renaissance humanist scholar, satirist, and physician, who was born in Chinon.

(Information from the Michelin Châteaux of the Loire Green Guide (Watford, Herts., UK: Michelin Travel Partner, 2015 printing) and the French- and English-language Wikipedia, both last consulted 2 November 2020.)

         [Chinon upper looking down afternoon 2016 oct 11 o; PA110312]

Taken in: France / Centre / Arrondissement de Chinon / Chinon (show map)

Taken on: October 11, 2016

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