Made a side trip to Oradour-sur-Glane which on the 10th June 1944 the Nazi's carried out the total destruction + annihilation of this village + 642 inhabitantsas a supposed retribution for actions of the local Resistance - the village has been preserved as a permenant memorial + reminder of a tragic injustice against humanity - a very moving + emotional visit
Vouray is a small village 10km from Tours more or less on the banks of the Loire river. Our accomodation was a fantastic troglodyte dwelling built into limestone cliffs - there was kilometers of these old dwellings + farm buildings cut into cliffs on both sides of the Loire - a lot no longer being used - but many being converted into B&B / Hotels + places to live
The contrast from all this was the Chateaux that formed the basis of most villages + towns - we visted Chateau de Chenonceau built across the river Cher + Chateau Usse ( which was the basisfor the storey of Sleeping Beauty ) and also Chartres Cathedral
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| Oradour-sur-Glane |
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| Oradour-sur-Glane |
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| Oradour-sur-Glane |
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| Oradour-sur-Glane |
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| Oradour-sur-Glane |
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| Vouray accomodation |
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| Vouray accomodation |
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| Vouray accomodation |
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| Chateau de Chenonceau |
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| Chateau de Chenonceau |
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| Chateau de Chenonceau |
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| Chateau Usse |
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| Chateau Usse |
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| Chartres Cathedrale |
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| Chartres Cathedral |
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