Wednesday 8 December 2021

Church and Claise, Centrale and Chateau

Here are some photos from a 5 kilometre walk we took on Monday 29 November 2021 from Le Grand Pressigny. The church was open and the priest pottering about setting up for a service, so I popped in for some photos before heading off on the walk. We ended up on a high ridge above the Claise Valley, looking over towards the nuclear power plant near Chinon (Fr. Centrale nucléaire de Chinon) in one direction and the Chateau du Grand Pressigny in the other.

Wall painting in the church of Le Grand Pressigny, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Wall painting of the Assumption dating from 1619 in the church in Le Grand Pressigny, rediscovered in 1913. The Virgin was repainted in 1943.

World War I memorial chapel in the church, Le Grand Pressigny, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
A reliquary and other precious objects in the chapel dedicated to those from the village who died in World War I.

Walking through the woods, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Walking through some woods.

Claise Valley, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
On the left, steam from the chimneys of the nuclear power station near Chinon.

Claise Valley, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
View over the Claise Valley.
Chateau du Grand Pressigny, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
The Chateau du Grand Pressigny.


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