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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.
Many Loire Valley wines are released in Burgundy style wine bottles. The Anjou region of the Middle Loire is situated around the town of Angers and is known primarily for the rosé wines based on the Grolleau and Cabernet franc, including the Rosé d'Anjou and the Cabernet d'Anjou.
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 ...
Olivet is located in the northern bend of the Loire, which crosses from east to west. Olivet belongs to the Loire Valley sector between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire, which was in 2000 inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Olivet is 120 km south-south-west of Paris.
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).
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 ...
Cour-Cheverny (French pronunciation: [kuʁ ʃəvɛʁni]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire region, France. [3] The commune's land extends across the Loire Valley and across the Sologne region. Its inhabitants are known as Courchois.
English: Map of the Pays de la Loire region, France, with the former provinces. Français : Carte des Pays de la Loire avec les anciennes provinces. Date: