abstract:The Royal Château de Blois is located in the Loir-et-Cher département in the Loire Valley, in France, in the center of the city of Blois. The residence of several French kings, it is also the place where Joan of Arc went in 1429 to be blessed by the Archbishop of Reims before departing with her army to drive the English from Orléans.
Admirersof the greatFrenchtraditionof fruit- tree training shouldvisitChâteau deTalcy (02 5481 0301, talcy.monuments-nationaux.fr ), 15miles from Blois.