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Ancenis. On the pillars of the stayed girder bridge on the
Loire appear the armorial bearings of the two provinces: in the
south the duchy of Anjou, north Brittany. |
Strange. Near Rabotière, the TGV (high-speed train
300km/h) goes up the Loire while " a plate", traditional
boat, file towards the downstream.
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Saint Florent le Vieil
High place of the wars of Vendées... To
follow |
The Loire is the last wild river of Europe... that does not want
to say untameable. With respect and some precautions, it offers
its course for insane escapades in family. Here near Fresne s/Loire.
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"Grande' Prée"
Rene Gasnier, helped by Pierre (brothers), in 1908, accomplishes
a flight of 500 meters, 5 meters to the top of the ground of Grande'
Prée. These men of an insane audacity were baptized "
Faucheurs de marguerittes".
Close to the locality the Haie Longue, refuge of poêtes
during the last war. |
Des maisons sont couchées sur des enfances basses
Pleines de géraniums et de bouquets chanteurs
Au creux de la vallée ce sont des trains qui passent
Et le convoi des solitudes sans chaleur
Mais près d'ici la bonne auberge, la tonnelle
Où volètent les mains fluviales les prénoms
Aimés : et sur la table ronde qui chancelle
Un verre vide avec des larmes dans le fond.
Renée-Guy Cadou |
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The gabarre, old boat of flat-bottomed work, descended the wine
from the Loire, the calcium carbonate limestone, slate... towards
the Nantes Brittanycountry and went up the salt of the ocean in
the center of France.
Rochefort s/Loire |
St Hilaire , near Saumur (west), several boats traditional
have their point of fastener |
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