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The chateau, as seen from the front.

The The dungeon of the Château de Loches in France A dungeon (or donjon) is Old French, sourced from the Latin dominus, a lord. ...dungeon of the castle

The A château ( French for castle; plural châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of gentry, usually French, with or without fortifications. ...Château de Loches is located in the The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ...departement of Indre_et_Loire is a département in west_central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers. ...Indre_et_Loire in the Loire Valley (French Vallée de la Loire) is known as the Garden of France and the Cradle of the French Language. ...Loire Valley in France _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...France and is a very ancient castle first constructed in the ( 8th century _ 9th century _ 10th century _ other centuries) Events Beowulf might have been written down in this century, though it could also have been in the 8th century Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in western Europe Viking attacks on Europe begin Oseberg ship burial The...9th century. Built more than 1,600 feet above the Indre is a river in central France, tributary to the river Loire. ...Indre River, the huge castle, famous mostly for its massive A keep is a strong central tower which forms the heart of a castle. ...keep, dominates the town of Loches.

Captured and occupied by Henry II of England, depicted in Cassells History of England, Century Edition, published circa 1902 Henry II (March 25, 1133–July 6, 1189), ruled as Duke of Anjou and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. ...Henry II of England ( Angevin is the name applied to two distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire). ...Plantagenet) and his son, Richard I of England, as a bronze, brandishes his sword outside the Palace of Westminster Richard I (September 8, 1157 _ April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. ...Richard the Lionhearted during the 12th century, the castle withstood the assaults by the French Philip II (French: Philippe II), called Philip Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste) (August 21, 1165 _ July 14, 1223), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. ...King Philippe II in their wars for control of France until it was finally captured by King Philippe in 1205. Construction work immediately turned Loches into a huge military fortress.

The castle would become a favorite residence of Charles VII the Victorious, a. ...Charles VII of France who gave it to his mistress, Agnès Sorel was the model for this Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels, by Jean Fouquet (c. ...Agnès Sorel, as her residence. It would be converted for use as a State prison by his son, Louis XI Louis XI the Prudent (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 _ August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), was a King of France (1461 _ 1483). ...King Louis XI who had lived there as a child but preferred the The Royal Château at Amboise is a château located in Amboise, in the Indre_et_Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. ...royal castle at Amboise.

During the Before the Revolution: The 13 colonies are in red, the pink area was claimed by Great Britain after the French and Indian War, and the orange region was claimed by Spain. ...American Revolution, France financed and fought with the Americans against England and Louis XVI Louis XVI (August 23, 1754 _ January 21, 1793), was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then King of the French in 1791_1792. ...King Louis XVI used the castle of Loches as a prison for captured Englishmen.

At the time of the The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. ...French Revolution, the chateau was ransacked and severely damaged. Some major restoration began in 1806 but today there are parts visible as ruins only. Owned by the Commune of Loches, the castle and the adjacent ancient Church of Saint_Ours are open to the public.