Chinon (Indre-et-Loire) - Le Château - Porte d'Entrée

            The Postcard

A postally unused carte postale that was published by R. Dorange of Tours. The card has a divided back.

Chinon

Chinon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department of central France.  It is situated on the Vienne River just before it joins the Loire, and is in the heart of the Loire Valley.  

Carved into the banks of the Vienne, and open to the public, are the wine cellars, or caves, for Chinon's well-known Cabernet Franc-based red wines.

The Château

The mount of Chinon was first fortified as a stronghold by Theobald the First, Count of Blois, in the year 954.  

In the 12th. century Chinon and the surrounding area were independent of the Kingdom of France, and the town was lived in by Henry the Second, King of England.

He was responsible for the construction of almost all of the massive château, built over 400 m long and 75 m wide, with the 14th. century clocktower (in the photograph) which is 35 m high.  The castle is divided along its length into 3 enclosures, each separated by a deep, dry moat.

The easternmost is known as Fort St. Georges, the central called the Château de Milieu, and the westernmost called the Fort du Coudray.  In the early 13th. Century, a cylindrical keep or dungeon called the Tour du Coudray was added to the Fort du Coudray.

In this keep, Templar Knights were imprisoned during the brutal suppression of the Templar Order that occurred in 1307.  Some of the prisoners carved symbols into the walls of their cells such as hearts, stars, grids and other geometrical patterns.  It is not known if they were random symbols, or represented a code of some type.

Taken on: January 22, 2021

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