This
morning we drove to the village of Yèvre-le-Chatel, another member
of the association of Les Plus Beaux Village de France (The Most
Beautiful Villages of France). From as early as the tenth century,
the village has been a popular defensive site, thanks to its location
between Paris and Orleans. It contains the very impressive remains of
a castle/fortress built during the 13th century under Philip
Augustus, which was the only defensive stronghold north of the river
Loire not to be captured by the English or the Burgundians during the
100 Years War.
When
we arrived, the village was hosting an even smaller market than the
one we had visited yesterday – one guy with a trestle table, some
wine, bread and veges. We did a peaceful circuit of what proved to be
a very pretty little settlement and then headed home for lunch and
bit of School of Mum and Dad in the afternoon.
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