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Loches Loches, the keep built by Fulk Nerra, and the Louis XI tower, not actually as close as they look here	Loches Loches, Porte Picois	Loches Loches, the Royal Gate. The modern town surrounds the walled medieval town.	Loches Loches
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Loches Loches, in the center, parts of the Hotel de Ville, and the Porte Picois	Loches Loches	Loches Loches	Loches Loches
Loches Loches	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the Royal Gate, the only entrance to the medieval town	Loches Loches, the church of St. Ours
Loches Loches	Loches Loches	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, instead of normal vaulting, the church has two cones making the roof. This is looking up into one of them.
Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the tomb of Agnes Sorel, close personal friend of Charles VII	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the church roof, with its cones
Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the royal lodge, 14th century in front, 15th century behind. The round tower is earlier.	Loches Loches, part of the 15th century addition	Loches Loches, looking into the modern town
Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the church again	Loches Loches, the entrance to the lodge, with stone hunting dogs	Loches Loches, a model showing the older turreted lodge, and the newer addition
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Loches Loches	Loches Loches, a passage between two rooms via one of the turrets	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, part of the display about Agnes Sorel, a picture of her skull
Loches Loches, this room is fairly typical for the lodge	Loches Loches, part of Anne of Brittany's oratory, decorated with her ermine tails	Loches Loches. more of the same room. Unfortunately, it's roped off and the best pictures can only be taken from inside. These will have to do.	Loches Loches
Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the keep and the gatehouse	Loches Loches	Loches Loches
Loches Loches, down to the storage room, also misnamed Cardinal Balue's dungeon	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the storeroom	Loches Loches
Loches Loches, the storeroom has a beehive ceiling	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, model of the keep	Loches Loches
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Loches Loches	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, they have thoughtfully provided a nice place to take pictures of the model from	Loches Loches, a nice display of siege engines
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Loches Loches was used as a prison from medieval times until 1926. Some of the prisoners passed their time in carving.	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, this is life size	Loches Loches
Loches Loches, a man dueling, you can just make out his raised leg and extended arm.	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, looking from the Louis XI tower across the medieval town to the church	Loches Loches, ancient breech-loading cannon
Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the Martelet, entrance to the underground prison cells	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the prison governor's residence
Loches Loches, the keep	Loches Loches, more decoration by prisoners	Loches Loches, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, was held here, and painted his cell	Loches Loches
Loches Loches, underground in the prison	Loches Loches	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, underground passage, with a display showing the tools used to dig it
Loches Loches	Loches Loches, inside the keep	Loches Loches	Loches Loches
Loches Loches, looking up in the keep. Metal stairs and walkways make it possible to go all the way to the top.	Loches Loches	Loches Loches, the top of a watch tower	Loches Loches
Loches Loches, looking down from near the top	Loches Loches	Loches Loches	Loches Loches
Loches Loches	Loches Loches, my right heel is touching the step above it. These were very narrow steps.	Loches Loches	Loches Loches
Loches Loches, special prison cell, 2 metres high and wide. This is a replica.	Loches Loches, latrine built into the cell's door.	Loches Loches, the bucket for the latrine.

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