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    Château de Cherbourg was a castle in Cherbourg, Normandy, France. A castle has existed at Cherbourg since the 10th century. The castle was besieged and...
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    Cité de la mer. The Compagnie des transports de Cherbourg (CTC) was created in 1896, connecting the Place de Tourlaville and the Place du Château by a...
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    from the château, already classified as historical monuments, furniture, artworks, and family souvenirs, were transferred to the Château de Carrouges...
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    Cherbourg Naval Base is a naval base in Cherbourg Harbour, Cherbourg, Manche department, Normandy. The town has been a base of the French Navy since the...
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    Jean de la Couldre, Comte de La Bretonnière, 6/8 July 1741, to 25 November 1809, was a French naval officer and engineer, who designed Cherbourg Harbour...
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    Normandy. Château d'Ailly in Bernières-d'Ailly Balleroy Castle in Balleroy Château de Beaumont-le-Richard in Englesqueville-la-Percée private Château de Bénouville...
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    It lies on the rail line from Cherbourg to Paris. In the village there is a privately owned manor house called Chateau de Maubuisson. The commune along...
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    of the libretto Ouées de Pirou, a musical comedy written in Norman and produced by Magène [fr] and presented at the Château de Flamanville in 2006. Eleven...
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  • eleven brothers and sisters. They grew up in Le Château des Ravalet, now more commonly known as Château de Tourlaville, located in Tourlaville. Since childhood...
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  • Boulogne-Billancourt, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Cambrai, Chalon-sur-Saône, Château-Thierry, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Narbonne, Reims, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Malo...
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    for the capture of the cities of Cherbourg and Octeville, with the critically important port facilities in Cherbourg. Carentan is close to the sites of...
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  • of Taillebourg, Le Mans, Château Gaillard, Rouen, Bayeux, Caen, Cherbourg, and Bergerac. He entered Bordeaux alongside Jean de Dunois in 1451 and fought...
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    The Château d'Acquigny is a French castle located in the department of Eure in Upper Normandy. The present castle was built in 1557 by Anne de Laval and...
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    on the A36 highway exit number 13 (Belfort-Glacis du Château) near Belfort in the Territoire de Belfort, France. One RTG is kept in running condition...
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    invasion, Pas de Calais was heavily defended. In the Normandy area the best fortifications were concentrated at the port facilities at Cherbourg and Saint-Malo...
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    Saint-Michel Château Gaillard Honfleur Le Havre Arromanches, Mulberry Harbour Half-timbered houses in Rouen Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei Château d'Ételan (1494)...
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    Saint-Lô (redirect from Gare de Saint Lô)
    region of Normandy. Although it is the second largest city of Manche after Cherbourg, it remains the prefecture of the department. It is also chef-lieu of...
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    the commanding position at Dunkirk and prefecture at Cherbourg (COMNORD) Atlantic Ocean (Château de Brest, Brest): Vice-amiral d'escadre Olivier Lebas,...
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    Lisieux (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    château has been owned by the town of Lisieux since 1958 when it was donated by the Riesener family. From an architectural point of view the château comprises...
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  • deposed on 6 September 1870 and now at the Château de Compiègne Charlemagne et ses Leudes in front of Notre-Dame de Paris, by the brothers Louis and Charles...
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    main clubs: AS Cherbourg, US Avranches, FC Saint-Lô, US Granville, CS Villedieu, FC Équeurdreville-Hainneville... Cycling: the Tour de France has visited...
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  • squire de Gouberville, and Jeanne du Fou, daughter of Guillaume du Fou, squire of Barville, and Mesnil-au-Val and captain of the château in Cherbourg. Lord...
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    Morbihan 1st Tour de Seine-Maritime 1st stage 4 Three Days of Cherbourg 2nd Ronde du Pays Basque 2nd Tour de la Manche 2002 2nd Tour de Moselle 1st stage...
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    long connecting Argences to Moult-Argences Station in Moult on the Paris-Cherbourg line. The line from Argences was closed in 1931 and the nearest station...
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    task. Napoleon also had a model of the frigate Muiron in his bedroom at Château de Malmaison. In 1827, after the Bourbon Restoration, Charles X ordered a...
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    either side of the Merderet. This advance culminated in the Battle of Cherbourg which saw the port captured by the end of the month. Sandre. "Fiche cours...
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    faces of the musical film genre with appearances in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Donkey Skin, 8 Women and The Beloved. Early...
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    Soon, they had to ask for reinforcements from the Army of the Coasts of Cherbourg, based in Normandy. The Vendéens managed to reach Laval without encountering...
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    plain and gave its name to a château in Basse-Bretagne. Claude-René was born in the château de la Preuille, Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay, Vendée, the eldest...
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    Normandy. Around 1060, William the Conqueror began construction of the Château de Caen, which became the centre of the ducal court. Duchess Matilda of Flanders...
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