Langeais
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Langeais is a French commune in the département of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Centre. It has a population (in 1999) of 3,960.
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Langeais has a church of the 11th, 12th and 15th centuries, but is chiefly interesting for the possession of a large a large château built soon after the middle of the 15th century by Jean Bourr, minister of Louis XI. Here the marriage of Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany took place in 1491. In the park are the ruins of a keep of late 10th century architecture, built by Fulk Nerra, count of Anjou.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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