Château de Lavardin - Original oil on canvas (2002) *** 31-1/2 " x 25-1/2"

Here's another beautiful painting from the Loire Valley Chateaux series: 

Château de Château de Lavardin and the old bridge over the Loire river

• Original oil on canvas
• Unstretched, unframed
• Will be shipped rolled in a tube
• Size: 31-1/2 " x 25-1/2" (81 cm x 65 cm)
• Year: 2002
• Signed W. Zych
• Beautiful painting on quality linen canvas
• Condition: very good
• The Château de Lavardin, originally built in 11th century, is a ruined castle in the village and commune of Lavardin in the Loir-et-Cher département of France.  It has been classified since 1945 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

About the Loire Valley Châteaux

The Loire Valley in France is an outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages. These castles (or châteaux) represent a nation of builders starting with the necessary castle fortifications in the 10th century to the splendor of those built half a millennium later. When the French kings began constructing their huge châteaux here, the nobility, not wanting or even daring to be far from the seat of power, followed suit. Their presence in the lush, fertile valley began attracting the very best landscape designers. The magnificent châteaux are cultural monuments that illustrate to an exceptional degree the ideals of the Renaissance and the Age of the Enlightenment on western European thought and design.