Both have picturesque ruins of a 12th century château at the highest point in town. Stylistically the two châteaux are very similar.
Le Grand Pressigny
Chauvigny
Most of the houses in town are roofed with terracotta tiles in both places, but in le Grand Pressigny, all the tiles are flat (tuiles plates), and in Chauvigny, all the tiles are curved (tuiles canal).Le Grand Pressigny
Chauvigny
Susan
PS Simon wrote a piece on the different styles of roof tile some time ago which you may like to refer to for further details.
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I love the rooftops of Le Grand-Pressigny. I think this is the view down Rue du Donjon. Did you take it from the grounds of the chateau?
The ruined spiral staircase makes a great photo!
The wonders of French: it should be tuiles plates (with the E) and tuiles canal (without the S). Plat/plats/plate/plates is an adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies. Canal here is (I think) not an adjective but a noun forming a compound noun with tuiles. Again, the wonders of French.
Ken: Thanks, corrected now. I think you must be right about canal because often it appears on its own rather than as the compound as the name for these roof tiles. I knew plat needed an 's' to agree with the noun, but forgot it should be feminine too.
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