LEONARDO DA VINCI, ARCHITECT / the gate towers of langres france

+LANGRES, FRANCE+

>is not far from >ray-sur-soane< france where<

>the >de ray castle is located & where the holy<

>shroud was first introduced into france />later<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>> / de RAY CASTLE)+

>ray >vergy family descendent jeanne married<

>to de charney knight >brought to orient forest<

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+MARIANNE & I SPENT THE NIGHT+

+IN LANGRES ESPECIALLY TO SEE+

>(google : eugene ray<

>> / langres, france)<

+THE >ENTRANCE GATE< TOWERS+

+DESIGNED by LEONARDO daVINCI+

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>very few people know that >leonardo<

>designed the langres towers / i found<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+

+LEONARDO, ARCHITECT)+

>this info in a very old guide book/ >i<

>spent >many hours searching for this<

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 >"beauties de la france" was the source<
>of photos in tonight's blog / >this issue<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / ORIENT FOREST+
>has a large section champagne devoted<
>where our >gruy orient forest is located<
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 >orient forest< (much larger in middle ages)<
>in green line, >right of troyes (red) contains<
>degruy magny fouchard chateau (left of bar<
+(LE RAY (LIREY) SHROUD+
+CHAPEL BELOW TROYES+
+UNMARKED ON the MAP)+
>sur aube) st bernard's clairvaux, right / the de<
>gaulle chateau (columbey) north of clairvaux<
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 +EXCITING >ORIENT FOREST NEWS+
+THE >COUNT OF CHAMPAGNE who+
+had BERNARD de CLAIRVAUX DNA+
>founded in 1070 the school of<
+CABALISTIC & ESOTERIC STUDIES+
+at TROYES COURT of CHAMPAGNE+
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 >from the ramparts of ancient langres<
>one can see for miles as it is on a hill<
> / the fact that leonardo was here was<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+MICHAEL de GRUYERE)+
>important / remember >count michael<
>degruyere +king francois I hosted him<
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 >ancient langres< was the town i selected<
>for the night experience before we went<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / KNIGHTS TEMPLAR)+
>to magny fouchard degruy chateau town<
>knights templar history / shroud of turin<
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 >leonardo da vinci >double entrance towers<
>from the 16th century are large in diameter<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / BIOTRONIC ENERGY)+
>& capped w/ >biotronic energy cone roofs<
>the simplicity >reflects the very early date<
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 >later in this champagne region the<
>construction became sophisticated<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / ITALIAN VILLAS)+
>with in this case italian influenced<
>double tone stone< slender towers<
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 >the villa of the >de joinville family in<
>the champagne region link the degruy<
+(ST. LOUIS RELATED TO+
+GRUY DNA + HIS WIFE)+
>dna history w/ king saint louis /  >the<
>counts de gruyere went to 5 crusades<
+(ST. LOUIS PURCHASED+
+the CROWN OF THORNS)+
>2 w/ king st louis / joinville wrote the<
>st. louis biography / egypt was a locus<
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 >ancient reims cathedral< is where joan<
>d'arc went w/ >king rene d'anjou to see<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ de AULNAY BLOOD)+
>king charles x crowned / napoleon was<
>famed for crowning himself here later<
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 >the >french kings were crowned< in reims<
>cathedral as the gruyere counts studied the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / FERE en TARDENOIS)+
>stain glass windows / the locus north of the<
>gruy chateau was near francois Ist chateau<
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 >chateau fere-en-tardenois was the hunting<
>lodge for king francois I, count michael de<
+(LOUISE de SAVOY OWNED+
>(king francois I mother)+
+ / CH. FERE en TARDENOIS)+
>gruyere & general montmorency who lived<
>at chateau vendeuvre, >neighbor of degruy<
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+TEMPLAR >RADIANT VISION+
>(orient forest >tradition<
>of esoterics-cabalistics)<
+LED TO FIRST>FREEMASONS+
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 >serenity and calm are two characteristics<
>that french chateau evolved to express as<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / KING RENE de ANJOU)+
>king >rene d'anjou started the trend from<
>military castle homes >to those of peace<
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 >the early french kings wore >golden crowns<
>because in the beginning the kings were very<
+(RADIANT AURAS OF EARLY+
+KINGS  = GOLDEN CROWNS)+
>enlightened and exhuded a radiant aura-halo<
>unlike >some politicians today who are black<
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+KING / SAINT LOUIS AND+
+KING RENE de ANJOU are+
>(join ancient kings like<
>charlemagne-dagobert)<
+GOOD EXAMPLES OF AN+
+ENLIGHTENED FR. KING+
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>the early enlightened french kings like<
>king saint >dagobert and charlemagne<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+KING SAINT DAGOBERT)+
>were buried w/ golden bees to express<
>the sacred quality present with >kings<
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+RADIANT >"AURAS" are+
>(radiant architecture)<
+TRANSCENDENT RINGS+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu