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Triple fortress where Joan of Arc met the Dauphin

The Chapelle Sainte-Radegonde is carved directly into the tufa cliff east of the old town — originally a hermit's cave, then a 6th-century oratory, …

Medieval wine caves celebrated by Rabelais, still used for Chinon tastings

The main square on the eastern side of the old town is named for Joan of Arc, with the inevitable equestrian statue at its …

Couly-Dutheil is the largest of the long-established Chinon producers, run by the same family since 1921 and based in cellars cut into the tufa …

Saint-Étienne is the parish church at the eastern end of the old town, mostly built in the 15th century in flamboyant Gothic style with …

Medieval old town with tufa-stone houses below the fortress