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20 Cards in this Set
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A gallery in this castle spans the river Cher.
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Chenonceau.
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Leonardo da Vinci is bured here.
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Amboise.
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The largest castle
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Chambord
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Number of rooms in Chambord
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440
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This castle is well-known for its Gardens
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Villandry
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This castle sits in the waters of the river Indre
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Azay-le-Rideau
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Leonardo da Vinci lived here. It is a museum now.
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Clos-Luce
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This castle was given to Diane de Poitiers by Catherine de Medicis
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Chaumont
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This castle was a model for the castle in Sleeping Beauty
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Chateau Usse
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Henry II gave this castle to Diane Poitiers
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Chenonceau
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Herge used this castle as a model for a castle in his Tintin comic strip
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Cheverny
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Reddish brick castle with an open spiral staircase
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Blois
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A huguenot massacre took place here
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Amboise
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This castle, a medieval fortress, still has a pont-levis
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Langeais
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This castle has an L shape because of unfinished construction
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Azay-le-Rideau
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This castle bought by Talleyrand has beautiful rooms designed for lavish festivities
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Va lancay
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Moliere wrote some of his comedies here
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Chambord
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Name of the traditional houses in the Touraine region
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Maison a colonbadge
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Balzac wrote some of his novels here
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Chateau de Sache
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Famous square in Touraine
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Place Plummereau
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