Stunning Pile
24 July 2015 | River Garonne
DavidH Warm, partial cloud, breezy
There are some exquisite chateaux in the Bordeaux region, built, as you would expect, on the back of the wine trade, which itself was dominant here because of a government ordinance giving exclusivity to the region for a couple of centuries.
Many of the chateaux are visible from the river, which of course is natural as it was the major commercial thoroughfare. This one in particular caught my eye, dominating the surrounding landscape, a real " I've got it so I will flaunt it" sort of structure. Magnificent though.