24 Unused Postcards of Loches, France attached in a booklet Circa 1901

Verlag: France, 1901

Beschreibung

Stapled card-stock booklet has minor handling wear and has faded from original blue. Cards are not flawed. Included railway ticket dated 1901. Aprox 3.5 inches by 6 inches. Each card is captioned. Two pages of text. Background Information: Loches is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.It is situated 29 miles (47 km) southeast of Tours by railway, on the left bank of the Indre River. The town, one of the most picturesque in central France, lies at the foot of the rocky eminence on which stands the Château de Loches, the castle of the Anjou family, surrounded by an outer wall 13 ft./4 m. thick, and consisting of the old collegiate church of St Ours, the royal lodge and the donjon or keep. History: Loches (the Roman Leucae) grew up around a monastery founded about 500 by St. Ours and belonged to the Counts of Anjou from 886 until 1205. In the latter year it was seized from King John of England by Philip Augustus, and from the middle of the 13th century until after the time of Charles IX of France the castle was a residence of the kings of France, apart for a brief interlude in 1424 when it was heritably granted to Archibald Douglas, Duke of Touraine. Antoine Guenand, Lord of La Celle-Guenand was appointed Captain-Governor of Loches in 1441. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006162

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 24 Unused Postcards of Loches, France ...

Verlag: France

Erscheinungsdatum: 1901

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag