Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu (1585-1642), a key minister to Louis XIII between 1624 and his death in 1642, built in 1631-1642 a small walled city around…
North (Chinon) gate.
North (Chinon) gate.
South (Castle) gate.
South (Castle) gate.
South (Castle) gate.
South (Castle) gate.
Chateau gate.
Chateau gate.
Moat next to the Chateau gate.
Cardinal square.
Cardinal square.
Cardinal square.
Cardinal square and church.
Cardinal square and covered market.
The covered market was built at the same time of the new city in the 1630s.
The covered market was built at the same time of the new city in the 1630s.
The covered market was built at the same time of the new city in the 1630s.