{"id":1747,"date":"2018-05-04T14:49:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T12:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citeroyaleloches.fr\/donjon-de-loches\/histoire"},"modified":"2022-12-16T14:26:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:26:32","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citeroyaleloches.fr\/en\/donjon-de-loches\/history","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1747\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1747-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1747-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1747-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1747-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1747-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1747-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1747-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>The story of the Royal City<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Royal City of Loches was defended to the south by a keep which was built between 1013 and 1035 by Foulques III Nerra, Count of Anjou. It is now considered one of the best-preserved from the Romanesque period.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1747-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1747-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1747-1-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-1747\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/citeroyaleloches.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Histoire_vignette1-1.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citeroyaleloches.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Histoire_vignette1-1.jpg 690w, https:\/\/citeroyaleloches.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Histoire_vignette1-1-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" title=\"Histoire_vignette1\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1747-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1747-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1747-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1747-2-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-1747\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/citeroyaleloches.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Histoire_vignette3.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citeroyaleloches.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Histoire_vignette3.jpg 690w, https:\/\/citeroyaleloches.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Histoire_vignette3-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1747-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1747-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The keep was besieged on several occasions, namely during battles between the Capetians and Plantagenets. It gained new structures over the centuries: chemise (wall), curtain wall (12<sup>th<\/sup> century), protruding towers (13<sup>th<\/sup> century), governor's house (14<sup>th<\/sup> century), round tower or new tower (long known as Louis XI Tower), Martelet Tower, barbican (15<sup>th<\/sup> century) and caponiers (16<sup>th<\/sup> century).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The site was a count\u2019s residence, a royal fortress then a royal prison in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century for high-ranking political prisoners such as Jean II, Duke of Alen\u00e7on, Philippe de Commines, Ludovico Sforza and Jean de Poitiers. The prison became the regional detention centre between 1801 and 1926.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Louis I, Duke of Anjou, built a lodge to the north of the spur at the end of the 14<sup>th<\/sup> century. Charles VII visited regularly from 1418 and made the City the second largest stronghold after Chinon. Joan of Arc met the king here in May 1429 after the victory of Orl\u00e9ans. The king often stayed in Loches with his favourite, Agn\u00e8s Sorel, in the 1440s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1747-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1747-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1747-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charles VIII and Louis XII had the first lodge expanded in the 1500s. The jewel of this wing is Anne of Brittany\u2019s flamboyant Gothic-style oratory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Valois dynasty\u2019s return to Ile-de-France in the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century saw the royal lodge go into hibernation. It was used as a court of law and prison for revolutionaries (1793) before being a sub-prefecture and civil court until the 1920s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indre-et-Loire Council, the site\u2019s owners, first opened it to visitors in the 1950s. 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