Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Toury

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I just had learned, that it took daredevil aviator Louis Blériot 37 minutes to cross the English Channel covering 35km in 1909 (see previous upload) . Standing on a bridge, I watched the roaring train speeding to north. In less than an hour all passengers will be in the center of Paris.

Toury is not only known for an Merovingian settlement or the nice parish church, dedicated to Saint-Denis. Toury is worldwide known as an important place in the life of famous French aviator Louis Blériot. After Blériot managed two flights of over 500 metres, including a successful U-turn in December 1906, he succeeded in making a cross-country flight from Toury to Artenay and back, a total distance of 28 km on 31 October 1908. On 25 July 1909 Louis Blériot was the first to cross the English Channel by plane, winning a prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper.

Dagobert I, son of Chlothar II, transferred property in and around Toury to the the important Abbey of Saint Denis, so a church and a priory did exist here already in Merovingian times. When centuries later Suger was abbot of Saint-Denis, he commissioned not only the first Gothic cathedral in Saint Denis, but as well he had the priory and church in Toury renovated and rebuilt, before installing his nephew Simon here in 1160 as a prior. The church, probably erected during the 11th and 12th century, got altered and enlarged during the 14th century. The nice porche, seen here, was added to the structure in 1763. Around Easter is the time of the spring-cleaning. Behind the person with the besom is a red door. The graffito makes clear, that the devil resides there.

Dagobert I, son of Chlothar II, transferred property in and around Toury to the the important Abbey of Saint Denis, so a church and a priory did exist here already in Merovingian times. When centuries later Suger was abbot of Saint-Denis, he commissioned not only the first Gothic cathedral in Saint Denis, but as well he had the priory and church in Toury renovated and rebuilt, before installing his nephew Simon here in 1160 as a prior. The church seen here was probably erected during the 11th and 12th century, but altered and enlarged during the 14th century.

Dagobert I, son of Chlothar II, transferred property in and around Toury to the the important Abbey of Saint Denis, so a church and a priory did exist here already in Merovingian times. When centuries later Suger was abbot of Saint-Denis, he commissioned not only the first Gothic cathedral in Saint Denis, but as well he had the priory and church in Toury renovated and rebuilt, before installing his nephew Simon here in 1160 as a prior. The church seen here was probably erected during the 11th and 12th century, but altered and enlarged during the 14th century. The nice porche was added to the structure in 1763.