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February 2004
Eure et Loir Region of France - Maintenon By Linda Thalman
It's a 15 minute drive from my home to the Eure and Loir region and how lovely it is.
From Paris by car or train it will take about an hour.
Chartres is not to be missed, but neither is the lovely Maintenon castle and its gardens.
in - surprise - the town of Maintenon.
I often taken visitors to Maintenon as it really is worth the visit.
I had the pleasure of re-visiting Maintenon last month.
The castle was not open the day I was there, but just the view from the bridge was worth the trip.
It was also the occasion to meet the delightful owners of
Astonish-Me.com on a brilliantly sunny day in February.
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From the Comité Départemental du Tourisme for the Eure and Loir web site we learn:
"L’histoire du château [de Maintenon] remonte au Moyen-Age mais c’est à Françoise d’Aubigné (Madame de Maintenon)
qui deviendra l’épouse de Louis XIV que l’on doit l’embellissement du château et l’aménagement du parc.
On aperçoit encore dans la perspective du parc l’aqueduc, projet monumental et inachevé commandé par le
roi Louis XIV à Vauban et qui devait conduire les eaux de l’Eure à Versailles."
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You will also want to explore, the cathedral city of Chartres, the Eure and Upper Loir Valley
and the areas called La Beauce and Le Perche.
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