Eleanor of Aquitaine

If you come to Chinon and enjoy our Ronsard tour you will have the privilege to discover some aspects of the life of a more than amazing Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of Richard the lionhearted, with our pre eminent guide with whom you will visit the fortress of Chinon, home of the Queen Eleanor, and the Sainte Radegonde Chapel, an exclusive place, with an extraordinary fresco of the end of the XIIth century.

"Eleanor of Aquitaine is often remembered as one of two things: the sassy consort of King Henry II of England or Richard the Lionheart’s valiant mother.  While neither of these descriptions is wrong – they fall short in illustrating the magnanimity of this 12th century Queen. Eleanor of Aquitaine was a warrior at heart, and even though imprisoned for more than a decade, she continued to burn bright amidst all malevolent machinations against her person".

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