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    Blaison-Saint-Sulpice (French pronunciation: [blɛzɔ̃ sɛ̃ sylpis] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. The municipality was...
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    church of Saint Maurice is the most likely location of Joan of Arc's prayer, while in Chinon in 1429. The church of Saint Etienne, or Saint Stephen in...
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  • France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Blaison-Saint-Sulpice. Its population was 201 in 2019. Communes of the Maine-et-Loire...
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  • the new commune of Blaison-Saint-Sulpice. Castle of Blaison Motte-and-bailey of Blaison, before the castle Tithe barn of Blaison Communes of the Maine-et-Loire...
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    Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard Berthenay Blaison-Saint-Sulpice Blois Bou Bouchemaine Brain-sur-l'Authion Bréhémont Candes-Saint-Martin Candé-sur-Beuvron Cangey...
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    translator of classics Jeanne Delanoue (1666-1736), made a Roman Catholic Saint in 1982 François Bontemps (1753–1811), General of the French Revolutionary...
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    gauche) has a gentle depression to about 95 m (312 ft) above sea level (at Saint-Marceau) between the Loire and the Loiret, designated a "zone inondable"...
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    of Tours. The first abbey, Saint-Aubin, was built during the 7th century to house the sarcophagus of Saint Albinius. Saint-Serge Abbey was founded by...
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    Fontevraud Saint Catherine's chapel with its lantern of the dead Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié (chapel of Our Lady of Compassion) Église Saint-Michel (church...
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    Carolingians, with the Capetians making the kingdom's currency the Livre tournois. Saint Martin and Gregory of Tours were from Tours. Tours was once part of Touraine...
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    The Church of St Peter (Saint-Pierre), St Peter street, exists from the 6th and 7th centuries in what is then the borough of Saint-Pierre. It was vandalized...
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    Fountain (Fontaine Saint-Martin), below the staircase between the château and Louis XII Place; St. Nicholas Fountain (Fontaine Saint-Nicolas), within the...
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    known of the châteaux of the Loire valley. There is a church dedicated to Saint Symphorien near the château that is interesting for the number of architectural...
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    1.63306°E / 47.77750; 1.63306 Lock of Dunois (14-15th century) Church Saint Etienne (11th century) Abbey church (12th century) City hall (16th century)...
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    from Scotland in 1548, aged six, via the French king's favourite palace at Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris, and remained in France until 1561, when she...
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    Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bənwa syʁ lwaʁ], literally Saint-Benoît on Loire) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central...
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    Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ de kɔʁ] ) is a commune in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France...
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    Absalon, coming from Tournus, was first considering to shelter the relics of Saint-Florent before bringing them further downstream the Loire and settle in...
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    Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ baʁtelemi dɑ̃ʒu] , literally Saint-Barthélemy of Anjou) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department...
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    Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard Berthenay Blaison-Saint-Sulpice Blois Bou Bouchemaine Brain-sur-l'Authion Bréhémont Candes-Saint-Martin Candé-sur-Beuvron Cangey...
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    Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard Berthenay Blaison-Saint-Sulpice Blois Bou Bouchemaine Brain-sur-l'Authion Bréhémont Candes-Saint-Martin Candé-sur-Beuvron Cangey...
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  • communes: Blaison-Saint-Sulpice Brissac Loire Aubance (partly) Les Garennes sur Loire Mûrs-Erigné Les Ponts-de-Cé Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance...
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    Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pʁive sɛ̃ mɛmɛ̃]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Communes of the...
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  • Saint-Jean-des-Mauvrets (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ de movʁɛ] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire département in western France. On 15 December...
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    Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard Berthenay Blaison-Saint-Sulpice Blois Bou Bouchemaine Brain-sur-l'Authion Bréhémont Candes-Saint-Martin Candé-sur-Beuvron Cangey...
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    Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də la kʁwa] ) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Communes of the...
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    Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard Berthenay Blaison-Saint-Sulpice Blois Bou Bouchemaine Brain-sur-l'Authion Bréhémont Candes-Saint-Martin Candé-sur-Beuvron Cangey...
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    Beaumont-en-Véron Béhuard Berthenay Blaison-Saint-Sulpice Blois Bou Bouchemaine Brain-sur-l'Authion Bréhémont Candes-Saint-Martin Candé-sur-Beuvron Cangey...
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    Cléry-Saint-André (French pronunciation: [kleʁi sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃dʁe]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France, near Orléans. King Louis...
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    Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (pronounced [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ d(ə) la ʁɥɛl]) is a commune in the Loiret department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire...
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