Providence Travel Guide

Very close to Paris (just over 1 hour), France, lies the valley of the Loire River, extending about 300 km. both banks of the river. This wonderful area is a real garden, in fact it is known as the “garden of France”. It was used by the French noble ancestry as a resting place and retreat for centuries. The result is a beautiful landscape dotted with 19 stunning fairytale castles, Renaissance architectural masterpieces.

Classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, between Sully and Chalonnes, Loire are a showcase of evolution of French architecture, from medieval times to the neoclassical style. His condition is great and its great beauty, speaks about unimaginable splendor in our century.

Any of them separately and worth visiting, but the most famous so Azay-le-Rideau, built partly on water, built for Francis I Chambord and Chenonceau, called the Ladies Castle, a playground for several queens.

The tourism potential is varied routes. You can be a journey of 1 hour hot air balloon flying over castles. There is also a themed cultural trail, Historic Route Jacques Coeur, founded 50 years ago, 100 km. which shows lesser known castles. You can also make the trip from the river that is navigable. There is a specialized agency once a year chartering a boat for a cruise for two days.

Although the most natural and traditional country to visit is by bicycle, has spent years being fashionable. In fact there are enabled route green lanes for bikes, as well as local roads.

The castle of an ancient kingdom in Africa, other surviving castles in Japan, a fortress on a blue city in India, another, a house of mud in Iran, or an imposing fortress in Syria. The type to build a castle (set consists of a walled compound enclosing a courtyard, around which are a series of units and that has at least one habitable tower) in medieval times is repeated in different parts of planet. Proliferated in the Middle Ages, especially in Europe but also elsewhere in the heyday of feudalism. Always had the mission to monitor strategic places to start to decline in the early sixteenth century.

1. A Castle in Ethiopia (Gondar Castle)

There was once (or once had) a kingdom in Ethiopia, where the emperors, exhausted to move in tents and temporary camps enduring a nomadic life, decided to build a place to shelter from the rain season.

2. Osaka Castle (Japan)

Of course it could not be anything but a castle Japanese style. And it’s one of the most famous in Japan. Osaka Castle is located within a park filled up land on platforms surrounded by Ramparts and to a pit.

3. A strong India (Mehrangarth)

It is a majestic fort, as well as some of his palatial interiors. With walls 36 meters high, the Mehrangarh Fort rises above the city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan state.

4. A castle with mud.

Rayen Castle (Arg-e Rayen) is located in Kerman province, southwest of the city of Rayen, Iran, and is an architectural miracle survivor of numerous natural disasters. Miraculous considering above all that is at least 1,000 years old, belonging to the pre Islamic Sassanid Empire.

5. Castle des Chevaliers (Syria)

Or Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in Syria. In times of the Crusades, was the headquarters of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Today is recognized as a World Heritage Site.

6. A White Castle (Himeji Castle, Japan)

Himeji Castle is located in its namesake city in Hyogo Prefecture, and is one of the medieval jewels of the country. It is in perfect condition despite the centuries, and is the most visited country.

7. Strong Lahore, Pakistan

Call Shahi Qila, is located in Lahore, Pakistan, and is an impressive city walls guarding a palace than 425 meters long by 340 wide. There are records of the existence of strong since the early eleventh century, but was rebuilt and expanded several times, century after century.