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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE - AUDE (11) PEYREPERTUSE CASTLE. FROM THE SOUTHERN WATCHTOWER, VIEW OF THE OLD DUNGEON. ON THE RIGHT, THE VALLEY OF VERDOUBLE RIVER AND THE VILLAGE OF CUCUGNAN. ON BACKGROUND, THE SILHOUETTE OF QUERIBUS CASTLE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE - AUDE (11) PEYREPERTUSE CASTLE. LOW ENCLOSURE. OLD DUNGEON SQUARE. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, THE HIGH WALL AND THE DUNGEON SAN JORDI. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE - AUDE (11) - PEYREPERTUSE CASTLE. VIEW FROM THE NORTH. ON FOREGROUND LEFT, THE LOW ENCLOSURE AND THE OLD DUNGEON. ON FOREGROUND RIGHT, THE HIGH ENCLOSURE AND THE SAN JORDI DUNGEON. ON SECOND GROUND, THE VALLEY OF VERDOUBLE RIVER AND THE VILLAGE OF CUCUGNAN. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, THE SILHOUETTE OF QUERIBUS CASTLE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Cathares

FRANCE - AUDE (11) PEYREPERTUSE CASTLE. FROM THE SOUTHERN WATCHTOWER, VIEW OF THE OLD DUNGEON. ON THE RIGHT, THE VALLEY OF VERDOUBLE RIVER AND THE VILLAGE OF CUCUGNAN. ON BACKGROUND, THE SILHOUETTE OF QUERIBUS CASTLE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF VILLANDRY AND ITS GARDENS : VIEW OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE GARDENS FROM THE DUNGEON. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF VILLANDRY : CHATEAU DE VILLANDRY AND ITS GARDENS: VIEW AT MID-HEIGHT OF THE VEGETABLE GARDEN FROM THE SOUTH WEST. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE RENAISSANCE CASTLE AND THE DUNGEON, THE ONLY REMAINING VESTIGE OF THE MEDIEVAL FORTRESS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, INCLUDES 2 RAMPS SUPERIMPOSED IN A HELIX ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ALLOWING, THANKS TO A HOLLOW CORE PIERCED WITH OPENINGS, TO A PERSON WHO DESCENDS NOT TO MEET THE ONE WHO GOES UP. PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE DUNGEON, A REVOLUTIONARY DESIGN FOR THE TIME, IT SERVES THE TWO FLOORS, THE TERRACE, AND DISTRIBUTES THE ROOMS IN SYMMETRY. THIS PLAN IS INSPIRED BY THE TUSCAN VILLAS, NAMELY A CROSS VESTIBULE SERVED BY A CENTRAL STAIRCASE. NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CARVED CAPITALS ADORN THE PILASTERS OF THE STAIRCASE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF VILLANDRY : CHATEAU DE VILLANDRY AND ITS GARDENS: VIEW AT MID-HEIGHT OF THE VEGETABLE GARDEN FROM THE SOUTH WEST. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE RENAISSANCE CASTLE AND THE DUNGEON, THE ONLY REMAINING VESTIGE OF THE MEDIEVAL FORTRESS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, INCLUDES 2 RAMPS SUPERIMPOSED IN A HELIX ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ALLOWING, THANKS TO A HOLLOW CORE PIERCED WITH OPENINGS (PHOTO), TO A PERSON WHO DESCENDS NOT TO MEET THE ONE WHO GOES UP. PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE DUNGEON, A REVOLUTIONARY DESIGN FOR THE TIME, IT SERVES THE TWO FLOORS, THE TERRACE, AND DISTRIBUTES THE ROOMS IN SYMMETRY. THIS PLAN IS INSPIRED BY THE TUSCAN VILLAS, NAMELY A CROSS VESTIBULE SERVED BY A CENTRAL STAIRCASE. NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CARVED CAPITALS ADORN THE PILASTERS OF THE STAIRCASE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - INDRE ET LOIRE (37) - CASTLE OF VILLANDRY : CHATEAU DE VILLANDRY AND ITS GARDENS: VIEW AT MID-HEIGHT OF THE VEGETABLE GARDEN FROM THE SOUTH WEST. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE RENAISSANCE CASTLE AND THE DUNGEON, THE ONLY REMAINING VESTIGE OF THE MEDIEVAL FORTRESS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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