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    relation to the Tour de Nesle affair, and La Hire, one of Joan of Arc's comrades-in-arms. At the end of the 17th century, the Château de Dourdan was given...
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    histoire chronologique des seigneurs de cette ville depuis la construction de son château-fort jusqu'à la révolution de France (996-1792), Paris, Dupont et...
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    crown. It was given to Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchess of Châteauroux, by Louis XV in 1744. The present Château Raoul [fr] housing the préfecture...
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    Paris Châteaus in Paris Château de Bagatelle Château de Bagnolet, Paris Château de Bercy Conciergerie Louvre Palace Luxembourg Palace Château de la Muette...
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    Auxi-le-Château (French pronunciation: [oksi lə ʃɑto]; Picard: Aussi-ch’Catiau) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A farming...
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    Beautiful Villages of France) Association. The commune grew around the Château de La Roche-Guyon, upon which historically it depended for its existence...
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  • François migrated aboard the ship St-Jehan under the command of Captain Pierre Nesle, which arrived in Quebec on June 4, 1634. His wife and younger children...
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    A plaque on the northern wall of the Institut de France shows the ancient location of the Tour de Nesle Académie Française (French Academy, concerning...
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    sometimes advanced forts or bastions. Corner towers may be seen on the Wall of Philip II Augustus (Tour du coin (Louvre), Tour de Nesle, Tour Barbeau), on...
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    The Château de Pontchartrain is mainly in the municipality of Jouars-Pontchartrain within Yvelines, in the west of the Île de France region of France...
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    his other residences, the Louvre fortress on the right bank and the Tour de Nesle on the left bank. The lower floor beneath the Grand'Salle contained the...
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    opening the first lit de justice of his reign at the Palais Royal. From September 1715 until January 1716 he lived in the Château de Vincennes, before moving...
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    to Paris, Benjamin Franklin. The balloon and passengers landed safely at Nesles-la-Vallée, thirty-one miles from Paris. On 6 October 1789, as the French...
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    chamberlain under the two previous reigns: Jehan de La Personne, knight, viscount of Acy, lord of Beu and Nesle-en-Tardenois, chamberlain of the King. He is...
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    in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The Château Fort Saint-Georges, or Château Fort de Mâlain, is a ruined castle with origins from the 11th...
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    website Fontinettes boat lift The church The Château The Town Hall The "glass" roundabout Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arques (Pas-de-Calais)....
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    Calais (category Communes of Pas-de-Calais)
    port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's...
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    attack was to cut both the Soissons – Château-Thierry road and the railroad running south from Soissons to Château-Thierry. As these were the main supply...
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    finally Falvy Principle events : In the 12th century, Raoul I de Nesle, seigneur of both Nesle and Falvy, gave the windmill of Falvy-sur-Somme to the church...
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    character Himbaldus (Château-Hubault). In the 7th century, the Benedictine monks of Saint-Valéry, Saint-Josse, Saint-Saulve de Montreuil, Forest-Montiers...
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    Châteauneuf, Côte-d'Or (category Plus Beaux Villages de France)
    member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France ("The most beautiful villages of France") association. Château de Châteauneuf "Répertoire national des...
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    derived from "Belen" or "Belenos", a god of fast-flowing water. A Roman fort was built there in the first century A.D. and it was already a prosperous...
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    La Rochepot (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    château, on the D973 road between Beaune and Nolay on the way to Saisy. The INSEE code is 21527. La Rochepot is known for its castle, the Château de la...
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    which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. The chateau was the scene of the marriage of Anne de Bourgogne and John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford in...
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  • Parc Animalier de Sainte-Croix – Rhodes Parc des Félins – Nesles Parc des Oiseaux – Villars-les-Dombes Parc Phœnix – Nice Parc Zoologique de Lunaret – Montpellier...
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    the jeu de Paume des Metayers, a tennis court near the porte de Nesle, then at another tennis court at 32 quai des Celestins. The Confrérie de la Passion...
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    Nesle-et-Massoult (French pronunciation: [nɛl e masu]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Communes of the Côte-d'Or department...
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    January 2019. Base Mérimée: Château fort, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) "War site in Argonne 1914-1918". Le Camp de la Vallée Moreau (in French)...
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    the commune of Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie south-west of Dieppe. Château-musée de Dieppe Château-musée The harbour The waterfront Various buildings and sights...
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    Somme (department) (category Departments of Hauts-de-France)
    in July 2021. Seal in the bay of Somme View of Mers-les-Bains Amiens Château de Rambures Chapel in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Cantons of the Somme department...
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