Loches

Loches is a commune with 6455 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Indre- et- Loire in the Centre region; it is the administrative seat of the arrondissement and canton of hole hole.

With the communities Beaulieu- les- Loches, Ferrière- sur -Beaulieu and Perrusson hole forms a small agglomeration of about ten thousand inhabitants near the city of Tours, with which it is connected by the TER. The inhabitants of the hole are called Lochois or Lochoises.

Geography

Hole is a small medieval town, which is dominated by one of Europe's oldest donjon. Builder of the keep was Fulk III. the Black, Count of Anjou.

Economy

The local economy depends heavily on tourism today - the place is popular with the British, who see him in connection with the history of the royal house of Anjou- Plantagenet. In the past, the economy was based mainly on the cultivation of mushrooms for Paris, which was work in their heyday up to 600 people; this venture was abandoned in 1994.

Management

Mayor:

Personalities

  • Jacques Villeret, actor
  • Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII, was buried in the church of Saint -Ours
  • Alfred de Vigny, writers, his birthplace is in the Rue des Jeux 27
  • Jacques -Elie Lamblardie, engineer, founder of the École Polytechnique
  • Louis Delaporte, sailors, explorers and collectors
  • Marquis de La Fayette and Marie de Noailles had an estate, which ranged from Reignac -sur -Indre to Saint- Hippolyte. Together with his cousin, the Marquis de Lusignan, he had five possessions around the hole: the castle of Azay -le- Rideau, the castle of La Follaine in Azay -sur -Indre, the castle Reignac -sur- Indre, the Vitray castle in Saint -Hippolyte and the l' Epinay Castle in Dolus- le -Sec.
  • Fulk III. the blacks, whose tomb is located in Beaulieu- lès -Loches
  • Emmanuel Lansyer, painter
  • Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, who died in Loches 1508
  • Jean de La Balue, the imprisoned Cardinal in Loches
  • Philippe de Commynes, 1487-1489 held captive in Loches
  • Daniel Wilson, deputy of the hole from 1876, and son of President Jules Grévy died 1919 in Loches

Attractions

See also lock hole

  • The Donjon: 36 meters high, square floor plan and excellent degree of preservation; probably built by Fulk III. of Anjou in the 11th century. The fort was in the 15th century by Louis XI. converted into a royal prison. It is home to the cells of Philippe de Commynes, Cardinal Balue and the Duke of Milan, who passed the time with murals. 1801 gave Napoleon the state prison at the department further. By the year 1926, the Donjon was used as a prison. In addition to the Donjon is still the Tour Louis XI. Renaissance, which served purely military purposes.
  • The Logis Royal: Built dominant on a mountain spur and from here the valley of the Indre, the Logis Royal was one of the favorite residences of Valois during the Hundred Years War. Charles VII had built a first component in the military style of the late 14th century. His successors extended him to a second wing with a Gothic facade flamboyant. Three women have the story of the Logis Royal coined: Jeanne d' Arc, Agnès Sorel and Anne de Bretagne.
  • The Porte Royale: The only access to the citadel. It dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. From here you have access to the medieval Cité with Donjon, Logis Royal and Collegiate Church of Saint -Ours and the Maison Lansyer and to the remains of the fortifications. To the Porte Royale leads through the garden of the Maison Lansyer.
  • The Collegiate Church of Saint -Ours: Romanesque and Gothic building from the 11th and 12th centuries whose style mix of the long construction period is due to. Portal with sculptures of people and animals and the remains of a colored paint, and two octagonal towers ( " Dube " ) from 1165. Located here since April 2005, the grave Agnes Sorel.
  • The Maison Lansyer: home of the painter Emmanuel Lansyer.
  • The Office ( Chancellery ) ( municipal museum ) and next to the Maison du Centaure with a relief of Hercules and a centaur on the facade.
  • The Tour Saint -Antoine: Former church steeple and bell tower of the city, 52 meters high. Built 1529-1575, he is the only Renaissance bell tower in Touraine. In general, not accessible to the public.
  • The Porte des Cordeliers from the 15th century on the road to Spain. The name comes from the nearby Franciscan convent ( Cordeliers ).
  • Carrière de Vignemont: Former tuff quarry, who served in the past, not only as a quarry, but with its caves as a breeding center for mushrooms and as a retreat in case of danger.
  • Manoir de Sansac: Small Renaissance chateau of Louis Prévost de Sansac with an asymmetrical facade. Here King Francis I first met Emperor Charles V.. The castle is privately owned.

Twinning

Miscellaneous

Two Caravaggio ascribed photos were found in the church of Saint -Antoine: Pèlerinage de Notre Seigneur à Emmaus and Saint Thomas mettant son doigt en la plaie du Christ

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