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38 Aerial photos from France
from: Aude | Gard | Loire valley |
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Chambord Castle was not really inhabited because it is not heatable. It was used by its different owners
as hunting and pleasure palace only.
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Picture taken 12.8.2006 -
aerial photo #0009-0095
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Carcassonne is a fortified city in South France close to the Pyrenees. Around 100BC the Romans started to fortify the hilltop. The fortress became famous during the Albigensian Crusades, when the city was a stronghold of the Cathars. The medieval fortress of Carcassonne became UNESCO world heritage in 1997.
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Picture taken 2.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1354
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Despite its glorious history Blois Palace was forgotten for 130 years after the French Revolution.
The revolutionaries aimed to destroy all royal and noble. They stole almost all interior decoration.
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Picture taken 12.8.2006 -
aerial photo #0009-0131
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