La Tour de l’Horloge (clock tower)
The fortresse of Chinon is located in Chinon, in the department Indre-et-Loire in the region Centre-Val de Loire.
From Paris is takes 2h30 by train, with a changes in Tours.
The castle is build between the 5th and 10th centuries.
The Tour du Coudray, in the early 14th century was used as a prison.
The royal apartments.
2 small cannons are exhibited in the park are also authentic wrought iron artillery pieces from the 14th and 15th.
The bedroom of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II Plantagenet
The private of Charles VII.
Bath.
The clock tower.
This tower owes its name to the monumental clock that it has housed since 1399.
Since the end of the 14th century, and still today, it rings the hours for the inhabitants of Chinon!
The Dog Tower is a defensive tower.
The Dog Tower owes its name to the nearby kennel that housed the royal packs in the 15th century.
Its bread oven, located on the 1st floor, was supplemented in the 15th century by a second oven that leaned against the tower to the west.
This ensemble formed a bakery.