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Posted on 08/18/2023 21:40 Updated on 08/18/2023 22:11
Video length: 6 mins.
FRANCE 2 Article written by France 2 – C.Verove, J.Jonas, S.Testor, M.Le Rue
France Televisions
On Friday August 18, the 20 Heures teams take you on a discovery of Touraine and its exceptional historical heritage. Reporting.
The 20 Hours teams go up the Loire and its castles. Before discovering the outbuildings of the Château de Chenonceau (Indre-et-Loire), you must take a detour through the castle’s vegetable garden. Jean-François Boucher, florist, is the master. “We have about 120, 150 varieties [de fleurs] different varieties that grow in the vegetable garden”explains the enthusiast who has “a beautiful playground“Now we have to put them together in a bouquet.”We baptize our compositions by the name of the rooms in which they go“, laughs Jean-François Boucher. In each room of Chenonceau, the creations of the florist blend into the tapestries.
Ax throwing and crossbow shooting
The 20 Hours teams are back on the road to the fortress of Montbazon (Indre-et-Loire). It is the oldest dungeon in France still standing. “Most stones are a thousand years old. They have things to tell”, says Jordan Suffice, one of the guides. Crossbow shooting, ax throwing, the helping hand is not easy to take. The teams then go to the village of Bréhémont. Romain Gadais, a fisherman, takes them to discover his fishing ground, 34 kilometers long.
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