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Sunset on the Loire River from the Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art. The Loire Valley (French: Vallée de la Loire, pronounced [vale də la lwaʁ]), spanning 280 kilometres (170 mi), [1] is a valley located in the middle stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire.
A Rúa, also known as San Esteban de La Rúa during the Middle Ages, was the historical capital of Valdeorras. The region was under the successive rule of the kingdoms of Asturias, Galicia, León, and Castile. During the Spanish War of Independence, Spanish guerrillas and Napoleon's Grande Armée clashed in the region.
Valdeorras is a comarca in the Galician Province of Ourense. The overall population of this local region is 25,500 (2019). [1] Municipalities.
Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pe.i d(ə) la lwaʁ]; lit. ' Lands of the Loire ') is one of the eighteen regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital and most populated city, Nantes, one of a handful of French "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre).
Vineyard in the Loire Valley Sauvignon blanc is the principal grape of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, found in the Loire Valley. The Loire Valley wine region includes the French wine regions situated along the Loire from the Muscadet region near the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast to the region of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé just southeast of ...
Belmont-de-la-Loire: 42016 42720 La Bénisson-Dieu: 42017 42660 Le Bessat: 42018 42520 Bessey: 42019 42130 Boën-sur-Lignon: 42020 42210 Boisset-lès-Montrond: 42021 42560 Boisset-Saint-Priest: 42022 42160 Bonson: 42023 42220 Bourg-Argental: 42025 42460 Boyer: 42026 42720 Briennon: 42027 42260 Bully: 42028 42220 Burdignes: 42029 42510 ...
The Loire Valley is listed UNESCO World Heritage site since 30 November 2000 under the reference 933bis. [1] The justification for the inscription of the territory is based on several criteria: its architectural heritage which includes the Châteaux of the Loire (criterion I), its exceptional cultural landscape (criterion II) and its cultural monuments, witnesses of the Renaissance and the ...
Maisdon-sur-Sèvre: 44089 44260 Malville: 44090 44270 La Marne: 44091 44170 Marsac-sur-Don: 44092 44290 Massérac: 44094 44470 Mauves-sur-Loire: 44095 44520 La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne: 44096 44522 Mésanger: 44097 44420 Mesquer: 44098 44780 Missillac: 44099 44520 Moisdon-la-Rivière: 44100 44690 Monnières: 44101 44620 La Montagne: 44102 44140 ...