A Stroll in Old Chinon, France
- by Thomas Sharpless
- 2017-01-25
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Place Jeanne D'Arc in Chinon now serves as a parking lot.
Joan of Arc surrounded by a traveling carny.
Disney knockoff in Place Jeanne D'Arc, Chinon.
Place Mirabeau in Old Chinon.
In Rue Marceau. Most of these houses are medieval.
Rue Marceau at Rue J.J. Rousseau. Chinon has several miles of streets like this.
Church of St. Etienne (1490) on Rue Jean Jaques Rousseau.
Tic et Puce ("Tick and Flea") serves Chinon's upscale dogs.
Cafes and le Mairie de Chinon, on the central square.
900 years ago, La Forteresse Royale de Chinon was the French residence of England's Plantagenet kings.
In the summer of 2015 the Royal Fortress was infested with plastic dragons.