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    Chinon (French pronunciation: [ʃinɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The traditional province around Chinon...
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    Château de Chinon is a château located on the bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, France. It was founded by Theobald I, Count of Blois. In the 11th century...
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    The Chinon Parchment is a historical document discovered in September 2001 by Barbara Frale, an Italian paleographer at the Vatican Apostolic Archive....
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  • Chinon may refer to a town in France, see Chinon a castle in Chinon, France, see Château de Chinon a wine from the vineyards around the town of Chinon...
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    Chinon wine (French pronunciation: [ʃinɔ̃] ) comes from the vineyards around the town of Chinon in Touraine. Unusual for the Loire Valley, it is mostly...
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  • The Truce of Chinon, which ended the Anglo-French war of 1213–14, was agreed to by King John of England and King Philip II of France on 18 September 1214...
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    Château-Chinon (Ville) (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto ʃinɔ̃ vil] ) is a commune in the Nièvre department in France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department...
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  • Château-Chinon is the name of two communes of the Nièvre département, in France: Château-Chinon (Ville) Château-Chinon (Campagne) The two towns are neighboring...
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    Chinon Industries Inc. (チノン株式会社, Chinon Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese camera manufacturer. Kodak took a majority stake in the company in 1997, and...
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    slope of the Sainte-Radegonde hill, east of the historic town center of Chinon, in the French department of Indre-et-Loire in the Centre-Val de Loire region...
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    into Chinon-A1, Chinon-A2, Chinon-A3. Four of the first French PWR series were later built on the site (Chinon-B1, Chinon-B2, Chinon-B3, Chinon-B4). The...
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    central France. In between are the regions of Anjou wine, Saumur, Bourgueil, Chinon, and Vouvray. The Loire Valley itself follows the river through the Loire...
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    The Chinon CE-5 was a 35mm SLR camera produced by Chinon, that was one of the first cameras to have autofocus-capable lenses produced for it. The camera...
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    Joan of Arc (section Chinon)
    commander, Robert de Baudricourt, for an armed escort to the Armagnac court at Chinon. Baudricourt harshly refused and sent her home. In July, Domrémy was raided...
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  • Rabbi Jacob of Chinon also known as Rav Tam of Chinon (Hebrew: רב יעקב מקינון; c. 1190-1260) was a 13th-century French Tosafist from Chinon. He was a pupil...
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    successors to the Knights Templar. In September 2001, a document known as the Chinon Parchment dated 17–20 August 1308 was discovered in the Vatican Archives...
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    Sites. The valley includes historic towns such as Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours. The climate is favorable most of...
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    The arrondissement of Chinon is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 106 communes. Its...
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  • The canton of Chinon is an administrative division of the Indre-et-Loire department, central France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation...
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    Château-Chinon (Campagne), or Château-Chinon-Campagne (French pronunciation: [ʃato ʃinɔ̃ kɑ̃paɲ]), is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France...
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    the French copy provides a somewhat different account of events at Chinon. The Chinon parchment shows the hearings were held by the Church only and that...
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    museum at Chinon reputed to be the remains of Jeanne d'Arc. In 2007, the investigators reported their conclusion that the relics from Chinon came from...
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    feudal nobles to mark their powers. Some French castles that survived are Chinon, Château d'Angers, the massive Château de Vincennes and the so-called Cathar...
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  • death of the eldest son Harry (Henry the Young King). Their home is Chinon Court (Chinon Castle), whilst Henry's secretary is Alice Vexin (Alys of France...
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  • The canton of Château-Chinon (before 2015: Canton of Château-Chinon (Ville)) is an administrative division of the Nièvre department, central France. Its...
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  • The Chinon Genesis IV was a 35mm Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera manufactured by the Japanese camera maker Chinon. It was the final incarnation of the...
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    Château-Chinon. It flows into the river Seine at Montereau-Fault-Yonne. The Yonne flows through the following départements and towns: Nièvre: Château-Chinon,...
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    among them Molay, were to be judged by the pope. In the royal palace at Chinon, Molay was again questioned by the cardinals, but this time with royal agents...
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    Plantagenets held court primarily on the continent at Angers in Anjou, and at Chinon in Touraine. The influence and power of the Angevin kings of England brought...
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  • Verneuil, a Gaullist notary, and his wife Marie, a Catholic bourgeois from Chinon, are parents of four daughters: Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène, and Laure. The...
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