Fort l'Écluse, or the Fort de l'Écluse, is a military fort in Léaz, Ain, close to Collonges in Eastern France. It commands the Rhône Valley as a natural...
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Collonges – Fort l'Écluse station (French: Gare de Collonges — Fort l'Écluse) is a disused station near the small town of Collonges and the Fort l'Écluse, in...
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The Collonges-Fort-l'Écluse – Divonne-les-Bains railway is a disused French railway line linking the Lyon-Geneva Railway from a junction near Collonges...
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rail and quickly granted a concession to PLM to build a link between Fort l'Écluse on the Lyon-Geneva line to Annemasse and from there to Thonon-les-Bains...
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lightly fortified. Its chief fortified position was the 19th-century Fort l'Écluse, manned by a small force, which held its strategic position against...
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The Defile of l'Ecluse viewed from Fort l'Écluse...
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water birds in France. The Royal Monastery of Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse Fort l'Écluse Medieval farm of Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes Pérouges, one of the most...
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Carolus Clusius (redirect from Charles de l'Écluse)
Charles de l'Écluse, L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius (19 February 1526 – 4 April 1609), seigneur de Watènes, was an Artois doctor and pioneering botanist...
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Allymes • Barre • la Bâtie • Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne • Cordon • Fort l'Écluse • Montribloud • Poncin • Trévoux Allier (03) Billy • Busset • Chouvigny...
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Seyselle and, by holding the Fort l'Ecluse, closed the road from Geneva to Lyon. A redoubt had been constructed in front of the fort which completely commanded...
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Bellegarde-sur-Valserine. Marchand was spared from retreating when Bardet captured Fort l'Écluse and advanced along the north bank of the Rhône River toward Geneva....
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the Jura Mountains via a very narrow pass at the site of the modern Fort l'Écluse, but bypassed the Provincia. After ravaging the lands of the Aedui tribe...
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fortifications of Belfort, Grenoble, Besançon, Dunkirk, Saint-Omar and Fort l'Ecluse. He is credited with the invention of an open-backed covered gun emplacement...
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Helder consisted of: Fort La Salle, later renamed Erfprins Fort Morland, later Kijkduin Fort L'Ecluse, later Dirksz Admiraal Fort Du Gonnier, later Oost-Oever...
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Roche-sur-Foron) Ligne du Haut-Bugey (Bourg-en-Bresse–Bellegarde) Collonges-Fort-l'Écluse – Divonne-les-Bains (freight only, abandoned beyond Gex) Le...
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Gué-à-Tresmes 28 February 1814 France None Prussia Victory Capture of Fort l'Écluse 1 March 1814 France None Austrian Empire Victory Battle of Craonne...
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X X 890 000 Lyon-Perrache to Genève (frontier) X 891 000 Collonges-Fort-l'Écluse to Divonne-les-Bains (frontier) X 892 000 Longeray-Léaz to Bouveret...
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located on the border with the Haute-Savoie department, just northeast of Fort l'Écluse in Léaz, Ain. It is also situated 20 km (12.4 mi) southwest of Geneva...
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Château de la Dorches in Chanay Château des Eclaz in Cheignieu-la-Balme Fort l'Écluse, in Léaz Château de Fétan in Trévoux Château de Fléchères, in Fareins...
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pastor of Collonge-Bellerive and Corsier from 1578 to 1590, of Collonges-Fort-l'Écluse around 1590–1592, and of Grand-Saconnex from 1592 to 1608. Claude Aubery...
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Crédo tunnel in 1880, the Ligne du Haut-Bugey in 1882 and the Collonges-Fort-l'Écluse – Divonne-les-Bains railway serving the Pays de Gex in 1899. The following...
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demolished in early 2019. TGV 6576 en route from Geneva to Paris. Gare de Fort l'Ecluse Collonges. The clock works, although it's on summer time in winter....
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Dol-de-Bretagne Oyster parks in Cancale Ramparts of Saint-Malo Beach of Plage de l'écluse, Dinard Saint-Cast-le-Guildo Cap Fréhel Erquy[citation needed] Saint-Brieuc...
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beaches, all of which are sandy, clean and large. The main beach is Plage de l'Écluse and the second largest are Saint-Énogat and Prieuré beaches. Dinard also...
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the Eure) Pont du Manoir (SNCF railway bridge), Le Manoir Passerelle de l'écluse d'Amfreville, Amfreville-sous-les-Monts – Poses Ponts de Saint-Pierre-du-Vauvray...
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on 11 October and the battle of Rocoux. He served at the siege of l'Écluse, the Fort of Issendick and Philippine. Manoeuvring at Malines, Tirlemont, he...
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brother - although surprised - joined him from Switzerland by way of Fort l'Ecluse. Joseph sent for Strolz who had been caught on the other side of France...
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The Fontinettes Boat Lift and the Arques lock (l'écluse des Fontinettes, not to be confused with l'ecluse de Flandres, a smaller lock, also in Arques) Arc...
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Mitterrand Church of Saint-Pierre in front of town hall Park, the mills, l'Écluse Port Gros-Jean La Fontbadant Grand pont on the Charente Quai de l'Orangerie...
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of England Kingdom of England None Kingdom of England Victory Battle of L'Ecluse 22 May 1405 France Kingdom of France None Kingdom of England Victory Battle...
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