The Château de Vitré is a medieval castle in the town of Vitré, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département of France. The first castle in Vitré was built of wood...
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Puy-de-Dôme souveraineté. 1801 Cantons of Clermont-Est, Clermont-Nord, Clermont-Sud, and Clermont-Sud-Ouest created Fontaine de la Pyramide [fr] erected 1806 –...
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Châteaubriant Château de Château-Thébaud, Château-Thébaud Château de Chavagne, in Sucé-sur-Erdre Château de Clermont, au Cellier Château de Clisson, in...
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Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (redirect from Charles I, 5e Duc de Bourbon)
Charles de Bourbon (1401 – 4 December 1456) was the oldest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne. Charles was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis...
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The Château des Guilhem is a medieval castle in the town of Clermont-l'Hérault in the Hérault département of France. Built for the Guilhems, lords of Clermont-l’Hérault...
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Barcelona and Lyon to Bordeaux. Pont-du-Château joined the Clermont commune on 1 January 2004. Since then, Pont-du-Château has had a large territory of more...
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Le Fabuleux trésor de Rennes-le-Château, page 175 (Editions Belisane, 1983). Jacques Rivière, Le Fabuleux trésor de Rennes-le-Château, Editions Belisane...
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The château de Maulnes, is a 16th-century, Renaissance-style château located in Cruzy-le-Châtel in the department of Yonne, France. This château was built...
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The Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: Archidioecesis Claromontana; French: Archidiocèse de Clermont) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church...
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List of castles in France (section Centre-Val de Loire)
• Castelnou • Château Royal de Collioure • Château Vicomtal Saint-Pierre de Fenouillet • Palais des Rois de Majorque • Fort de Salses • Ultrère...
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The Château de Tournoël is a medieval fortified castle partly in ruins in the commune of Volvic, in the Puy-de-Dôme département of France. The castle is...
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intersection. Sévérac-le-Château is located 84.76 kilometers from Albi, 153.25 km of Toulouse, 103.17 km of Montpellier, 163.24 km of Clermont-Ferrand, 212.41 km...
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December 1476), duchess of Bourbon (Bourbonnais) and Auvergne, countess of Clermont, was the daughter of John the Fearless (1371–1419) and Margaret of Bavaria...
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Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (section Notre-Dame de Paris)
restoration of the Château de Coucy, which had the highest medieval tower in France. When this proved too complicated, he settled upon Château de Pierrefonds...
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created Musée National de la Renaissance at the Château d'Écouen in the northern outskirts of Paris, freeing additional space for medieval artworks. In 1981...
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List of castles in Picardy (category Castles in Hauts-de-France)
This list of castles in Picardy is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in northern France. Links in italics are links to articles...
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Cébazan: Château de Saint-Bauléry (43°24′25″N 3°0′16″E / 43.40694°N 3.00444°E / 43.40694; 3.00444) Clermont-l'Hérault: Remains of Château des Guilhem...
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Aveyron (section Les Plus Beaux Villages de France)
18th century. Rodez Cathedral Estaing Sévérac-le-Château Château de Peyrelade Château de Najac Chaos de Montpellier-le-Vieux Ten towns in Aveyron fall within...
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The Château de Ranton is a small fortified castle in the village of Ranton, in the Department of the Vienne just west of Loudun, and south of the Loire...
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Juchault family (category Medieval French nobility)
etc. Château du Grand-Blottereau Château des Jamonières Château de Clermont Manoir de la Vignette Château de la Moricière Manoir du Monceau Château du Chillon...
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Joanne 1868, p. 17. 1850 - Château de Boursault... Camille 2009, p. 7. The Cathedral Saint-Etienne: The organ. "1850 - Château de Boursault construit par...
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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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Academy of Science, Literature and Arts of Clermont-Ferrand. During more than 40 years he worked on the medieval art from Auvergne. His works are quoted...
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Coucy-le-Chateau, grandfather of the actor Rudolph Valentino. Ruins of the Château de Coucy. The modern town is squeezed into the space within the medieval walls...
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Singerie decors at the Château de Chantilly, the basis for the Meissen figures. In England the French painter Andieu de Clermont is also known for his...
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La Tour d'Auvergne (redirect from Duchy of Château-Thierry)
line of the family. He died in 1329 and was buried in Clermont-Ferrand. His great grandson William de la Tour became bishop of Rodez and Catholic Patriarch...
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twice. He first married in 1087 Sibylle, a daughter of Count Roger of Château-Porcien and his wife Ermengarde. Together, they had two daughters: Elisabeth...
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Troubadour style (category Medieval French literature)
of Spain, Château de Chambord. Hortense de Beauharnais, The Knight's Departure c.1812, Château de Compiègne, originally at the château de Pierrefonds...
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castle is "château", be it for an old medieval fortress ("château fort") or a residential castle. The term "château-ferme" means that a medieval castle has...
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included chamberlains Adelolf and Gerard, the seneschal Matthew, and Miles of Clermont-sous-Huy. Winrich of Flanders, who originally travelled with Robert II...
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