Orléans: TravelGuide

Orléans, city of Art and History Situated at 1 hour from Paris, next to the largest national forest of France and the ponds of Sologne, Orléans, regional capital, dominates the banks of the Loire which are registered on the UNESCO world heritage. Privileged witness of the key moments of the... Mehr

Orléans, city of Art and History Situated at 1 hour from Paris, next to the largest national forest of France and the ponds of Sologne, Orléans, regional capital, dominates the banks of the Loire which are registered on the UNESCO world heritage. Privileged witness of the key moments of the history of France, Orléans was a prestigious intellectual and artistic capital under Charlemagne. On May 8th, 1429, Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entrance to deliver it from the English troops. From this day, the name of the Virgin is associated with the city in the textbooks of the whole world! But the fame of Orléans was also connected to its port which, in the 18th century, was the largest warehouse of France. Today, after the disappearance of the river navigation, Orléans takes up with its river: every other year in September, 350 000 visitors and almost two hundred boats invest the quays of the city, during the "" Festival of the Loire "". Orléanst is also a place of creation and culture where theaters, media library, museums, monuments assert inventiveness, and dynamism … Orléans conjugates in a perfect harmony Art and History: its historical, architectural and cultural heritage, its need of evolution and its recent metamorphosis make it a major urban tourism destination. Try a breakaway in Val de Loire through time and cultures! Weniger