Saint Maclou, 1996. Rouen: timber-framed urban area, Rouen Cathedral, Basilica of Saint Ouen, Church of Saint Maclou Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, 1996...

The Château de Dourdan is a castle in the town of Dourdan in the Essonne department of France. The fortification is characteristic of the military architecture...

(“Tower of Butter”) of the Rouen Cathedral and the lantern-tower of the Abbaye Saint-Ouen de Rouen (St Ouen Church), also in Rouen, despite being smaller...

The fortifications of London are extensive and mostly well maintained, though many of the City of London's fortifications and defences were dismantled...

of fortifications by Vauban. The town was occupied by the Portuguese during the Napoleonic wars between 1809 and 1817 and Vauban's fortifications were...

Marseille, 385 km (239 mi) northeast of Nantes, and 135 km (84 mi) southeast of Rouen. Paris has an oceanic climate within the Köppen climate classification,...

Simple of France reached an agreement ceding the county of Rouen to Rollo. The lands around Rouen became the core of the later duchy of Normandy. Normandy...

to the treaty, the seigneur de Morvilliers (governor of Boulogne and the commander of Rouen for the rebels) and the sieur de Genlis retired from the civil...

Chemin de Fer de Petite Ceinture originated with its fortifications: rail transport was still relatively new when Paris's city fortifications were completed...

Richard tried to obtain the manor through negotiation. Walter de Coutances, Archbishop of Rouen, was reluctant to sell the manor, as it was one of the diocese's...

all fortifications, sparing only the home of the archbishop. A new castle was built around 1500 - 1509 by Georges d'Amboise, Archbishop of Rouen and Minister...

Limoges, Amiens, Orléans, Rouen, Argenteuil, Poitiers, Chartres, and Laon, among others. The fleur-de-lis was the symbol of Île-de-France, the core of the...

C'est la Deduction du Sumpteaux Spectacles, ... par les citoiens de Rouen, Rouen (1551) Anonymous, The late expedition in Scotland under the conduct...

24 cannons, led by Charles of Angoulême. They started to reinforce fortifications at Bongraine (modern Les Minimes), and at the Fort Louis. On September...

Bec in 1399 by Guillaume de Vienne, Archbishop of Rouen. Following the king's order, he continued and completed the fortification of the abbey. He died on...

to stock the park at Falkland from Elbeuf near Rouen, and Mary of Guise's younger brother René II de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf later became an enthusiast...

counts of Rouen and then dukes of Normandy) tried to bring about the political unification of the two different Viking settlements of pays de Caux-lower...

population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than that of Rouen. After Reims, it is also the second largest subprefecture in France. The...

95 kilometres (59 mi) north-west of Paris and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Rouen. Construction began in 1196 under the auspices of Richard the Lionheart...

Meaux Angers Blois Tours Bourges Orléans Rouen Lyon Poitiers Caen Dieppe Valence Beaugency Saint-Jean-d'Angély Le Havre Grenoble Auxerre Montpellier Mâcon...

injured during a campaign in the Vexin. Henry joined his dying father near Rouen in September, where the King partitioned his possessions among his sons...

France rose up and declared themselves for Condé's cause. These included Rouen, Tours, Blois, Lyon. During the initial months of conflict, the crown was...

Eschequier Court in Rouen and comprised the bailiff and four knights; the court heard appeals and tried criminal cases. Otton de Grandson, then the governor...

had purchased their seats. Several of the Parlements, such as those of Rouen and Provence, had been in existence for centuries, and saw themselves as...

building is an old gate of the city, the Port de Caen, which was to be part of the city's fortifications. It was between 1684 and 1789 home to the Lieutenant...

than the shirts on their backs. Simon de Montfort was appointed the new viscount and added to the fortifications. In 1240, Trencavel's son tried unsuccessfully...

plundered around the new year 856–857. Björn constructed a fortification on the island Oissel above Rouen which he kept as his stronghold for years. He certainly...

Deville, Histoire du château et des sires de Tancarville, Rouen, 1834; J. Mesqui, Châteaux-forts et fortifications en France, Paris, 1997, p. 370-372. * "remains...

It is particularly known for being a major site of fortifications designed by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban: the watchtowers of Tatihou and La Hougue having...

notables, among them the governor of Normandie, the duc de Bouillon; the bailli (baillif) of Rouen and the duc d'Aumale. Coligny meanwhile held a war council...