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Author: zeller2002
Surnames: Zeller, von Zell
Classification: queries
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Dear "von Zell" (ZELLER) Family,
This very short video features the ancient land that your Zeller ancestors knew &
lived on...
With the Middle Ages, the lords of Tours build a castle (Rideau) on an island in the
medium (middle) of the Indre river to protect the passage from the road carrying out of
Tours to Chinon.
In 1119, the lord Ridel of Azay gives to the city his name of Azay le Rideau.
HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL CASTLE RIDEAU
The current appearance of the castle of Azay le Rideau goes back to this formidable period
of architectural creativity which was the beginning of the reign of François 1st.
Until this period, the castle of Azay le Rideau had a defensive objective and looked like
all the fortresses of the area: drawbridge and machicolation.
Moreover its architecture returned the image of the power of the lord who was the Master
of the place.
The initial fortress was subjected to several events, and in particular the fire caused by
Charles VII during the One hundred Year old war...
http://www.37-online.net/gb/castles/azaylerideau_gb.php
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 during which
from Heinreich von Zell, died after 1337, to Stephen Zeller, born 1326 lived there in the
ORIGINAL Castle Rideau...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years'_War
ZELLER CASTLE RIDEAU VIDEO...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=EpkzljkZ-_k&NR=1
MORE GREAT CASTLE RIDEAU VIDEO...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUQhiUdh2ZY
LOVE, GORDON
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