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The Royal Residence

Name: The Royal Residence
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Location: Centre-Val de Loire, France

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1. Loches loop

7.05km

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2. Loches Old Town – Donjon de Loches loop from Loches

4.76km

01:15

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3. Loches Old Town – Donjon de Loches loop from Mariaude

4.81km

01:16

40m

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Paul_C

September 29, 2022

This royal dwelling built between the 14th and 16th centuries saw the passage of Charles VII, Louis XI, Joan of Arc, Agnès Sorel, Anne of Brittany... and many other royal figures who marked the history of France. Charles VIII and Louis XII extended it with a second building in flamboyant Gothic style. François I was the last king to stay there regularly.

Ann

July 21, 2025

Above the town of Loches, on a rocky plateau, lies a royal complex. It includes three large building complexes: one of the oldest keep (medieval tower houses) in France in the south, a collegiate church in the center, and the Logis Royal (the royal castle) in the north. The entire complex is surrounded by a nearly two-kilometer-long ring wall.

The entire complex is very impressive. If you're in the area, you should definitely take a detour to Loches.

You can find interesting information about the complex on Wikipedia: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Loches

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David Lpx 📸

November 4, 2022

Two buildings placed one after the other constitute the Logis Royal. The first in the south was built by Charles VI around 1370 and the second in the north by Louis XII around 1498. The two wings were built in a Gothic style. In 1429, Joan of Arc met Charles VII in the great hall of the first to go to be crowned in Reims. A few years later, in 1444, the same king installed his first mistress Agnès Sorel in the house. She had three daughters by her lover, whom he legitimized by thus allowing them to marry later with the greats of the kingdom.
Anne de Bretagne stayed at the Logis Royal between 1492 and 1510, in her role as Queen of France as the wife of Charles VIII and then Louis XII. She built an oratory decorated with her emblems, the ermine and the Cordelière. The cord of Anne de Bretagne represents the cord of the Franciscans where the knots are replaced by lakes of love.
Source: locatipic.fr/lieux/indre-et-loire/loches/parcours/loches/points-d-interet/le-logis-royal

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