Le Tour de France puys et la cite de limes

Chambord's Renaissance dormers, the castle and cathedral of Angers and the ironworks at Cherbourg are among the subjects of ...

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Chambord's Renaissance dormers, the castle and cathedral of Angers and the ironworks at Cherbourg are among the subjects of these prints from Le Tour de France puys et la cite de limes, the illustrated publication by Alexandre Dumas issued in 1880. Its plates combine architecture, engineering and scenery from across provincial France. Angers in Maine-et-Loire appears through its castle, cathedral and abbey ruins, while the castle and keep at Clisson and the rock formations at Bourg-de-Batz represent Loire-Atlantique. At Cherbourg in Manche, maritime telegraphy, harbour breakwaters and heavy ironworks machinery record the technological progress of the period.

Chambord's Renaissance dormers, the castle and cathedral of Angers and the ironworks at Cherbourg are among the subjects of these prints from Le Tour de France puys et la cite de limes, the illustrated publication by Alexandre Dumas issued in 1880. Its plates combine architecture, engineering and scenery from across provincial France. Angers in Maine-et-Loire appears through its castle, cathedral and abbey ruins, while the castle and keep at Clisson and the rock formations at Bourg-de-Batz represent Loire-Atlantique. At Cherbourg in Manche, maritime telegraphy, harbour breakwaters and heavy ironworks machinery record the technological progress of the period.

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