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Chinon castle, if you want, you can walk up to the castle from the town, but the elevator is so much easier.
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Chinon castle, even from the elevator, you still have a bit of a climb.
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Chinon castle, the clock tower, where a 14th century bell still rings the hour.
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Chinon castle, looking up the face of the clock tower at the murder holes
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Chinon castle, the clock tower from inside
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Chinon castle, a room missing from the royal lodgings
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Chinon castle, the remains of the royal lodgings
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Chinon castle, there was an exhibit of several centuries worth of pictures of Joan of Arc
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Chinon castle, bridge from the main castle to the smaller Fort du Coudray
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Chinon castle, tower of the dogs, named for the nearby kennels. This is the top of the tower, as almost all the towers run from the plateau level down the cliff sides to the ground below.
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Chinon castle, inside the tower
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Chinon castle, a small oven in the tower
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Chinon castle, arrow slit slanting down, for shooting at the ground
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Chinon castle, another tower going down
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Chinon castle, and some more
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Chinon castle, some of the guardrooms were somewhat roomy
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Chinon castle, no, I didn't carve that
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Chinon castle, further down the tower
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Chinon castle, at the bottom level, that's the headlight and turn signal of a car.
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Chinon castle, from the top, that's the car.
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Chinon castle, the moat between the main castle and the Fort du Coudray
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Chinon castle, a reconstructed winch (more pictures later)
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Chinon castle, the royal lodgings from the tower of dogs
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Chinon castle, the Boissy tower, 13th century
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Chinon castle, the Coudrday tower, guarding the inner moat
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Chinon castle, the mill tower
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Chinon castle, the royal lodgings again, from the Fort du Coudray
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Chinon castle, the mill tower from the top of the Coudrday tower
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Chinon castle, the Boissy tower from the top of the Coudrday tower
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Chinon castle, you can go through all the towers, if you don't mind stairs
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Chinon castle, no access, unfortunately
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Chinon castle, the mill tower again
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Chinon castle, the Coudrday tower from inside the fort
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Chinon castle, the winch again
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Chinon castle, the castle from across the river
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