Journal
Places, history and walks around the estate, from Giverny to the Seine valley.

Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons Château-Gaillard, Richard the Lionheart’s fortress
Further down the Seine, in Les Andelys, the ruins of Château-Gaillard overlook a bend in the river. This is where the fate of Normandy was decided.
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Photo: Jean-Christophe Benoist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons La Roche-Guyon, a château in the cliff
A few miles from Giverny, on the Seine, one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France, and a château built into the chalk cliff since the Middle Ages.
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