Les Châteaux de la Loire 1
Castle with garden moat
1. What type of castle is this?
a-castle from the Middle Ages
(1200's)
b-castle from the
Renaissance (1600's)
c-castle from the Roman
times (200 B.C.)
2. What is the name of this castle and the city where it is located?
a- Carcassone
b- Angers
c- Amboise
3. What can you see in the castle on the walls?
a- a famous
sculpture
b- a famous tapestry
c- a famous inscription
4. This tapestry is 5 meters high and 168 meters long. It was done during
the Hundred Years War around 1375. What is it's name?
a- the Tapestry of Bayeux
b- the Tapestry of the
Apocalypse
c- the Tapestry of
Angers
Click on picture to enlarge
5.This castle is called the castle of 6 women.
What is it's real name?
a- Chenonceau
b- Chambord
c- Villandry
6. What type of castle is it?
a- Gallo-roman
b- Renaissance
c- Feudal
(click to enlarge)
7.Who were the two famous women who lived in this castle during the reign of Henri
II?
a- Diane de Poitier and Catherine de Medicis
b- Mary Queen of Scotts and
Elizabeth I
c- Mary de Medicis and Joan
of Arc
8. What is the name of this castle which has over 360 rooms and chimneys,and 70 stairscases?
a- Chambord
b- Azay-le-Rideau
c- Blois
Portrait by Clouet (Louvre Museum)
(click to enlarge)
9. The building of this "hunting lodge" was started in 1519 by which
French Renaissance king?
a- Louis XIV
b- Henri IV
c- François I
10. This famous staircase designed by Leonardo da Vinci is in which castle?
a- Blois
b- Chaumont
c- Chambord
