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📘 A river that comes north to meet you

Look down over Orléans and start with the water, not the cathedral. The Loire has travelled north out of the Massif Central, reaches its most northerly sweep here, and then turns away toward the Atlantic. Orléans occupies the inside of that

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What you’ll learn

  1. Loire crossingSee Orléans on the Loire bend and the crossing that organizes the city.The broad shallow Loire made a practical gate between north and south France.
  2. Siege and bridgeFollow the 1428–1429 siege and the assault on Les Tourelles.Losing the fortified bridgehead made the English siege unsustainable.

Questions this course answers

When did the siege of Orléans begin?

An English army began the siege on 12 October 1428.

Which fortified bridgehead fell on 7 May 1429?

The decisive assault was on Les Tourelles at the southern bridgehead.

Which modern bridge replaced the medieval Pont des Tourelles site?

The medieval bridge was replaced by the bridge later known as Pont George V.

Grounded in trusted sources

  • Encyclopaedia Britannica — Loire River (France's longest river and course)
  • Ohio State University, eHistory — Siege of Orléans (12 October 1428 to 8 May 1429 chronology)
  • Olivier Bouzy, La bataille des Tourelles, 7 mai 1429, Presses universitaires de Rennes (the assault and withdrawal sequence)
  • Wikimedia Commons file pages checked for subject and licence: Loire River and Pont George V, Orléans.JPG; Pont des Tourelles, Orléans.jpg; Plan de l'ancien Pont d'Orléans...btv1b84436376.jpg

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