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Chateau de Montsoreau, France, 15th century (1882-1884). The Chateau of Montsoreau was built in 1455 by Jean de Chambes, a senior councillor of King Charles VII of France. It occupied a strategic position on the River Loire and controlled rover traffic between Chinon and Saumur. A print from La France et les Français à Travers les Siècles, Volume II, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884.