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Langeais

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a town of west-central France in the department of Indre-et-Loire, on the right bank of the Loire, 16 m. W.S.W. of Tours by rail. Pop. (1906) town, 1755; commune, 3550.

Langeais has a church of the I ith, 12th and 15th centuries but is chiefly interesting for the possession of a large château built soon after the middle of the 15th century by Jean Bourre, 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 Toth-century architecture, built by Fulk Nerra, count of Anjou.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Langeais'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/langeais.html. 1910.
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