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Villandry castle (all images)

The castle of Villandry was built on the site of a 12th century fortress 15km to the west of Tours in 1536. The castle was built in Renessaince style by Jean le Breton as one of the last Renessaince castles, and therefore lacks medieval architectural elements. The highlight of this castle are its impressive gardens, which extend over three levels.


01 Moat and castle	02 Castle wing	03 Vegetable garden and castle


04 Villandry castle	05 View of castle from music garden	06 Villandry castle


07 Pond and castle	08 Pavilion	09 View with love and vegetable gardens	10 Castle facade and moat


01 Vegetable garden and castle	02 Vegetable garden	03 White flowers	04 Red begonia flowers


05 Vegetable garden	06 Vegetable garden	07 Music garden


08 Water garden	09 Path with grapevines	10 Double row of trees	11 Water garden


12 Pond in water garden	13 Water garden	14 Vegetable garden	15 Love garden with hedges


16 Love garden with hedges	17 Love garden with hedges	18 Love garden with hedges


19 Love garden with hedges	20 Hedges in vegetable garden	21 Pond with fish

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