• List of castles in Picardy (category Castles in Hauts-de-France)
    French Wikipedia. List of castles in France List of châteaux in France Base Mérimée: Château de Pierrefonds, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)...
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    Château de Lamorlaye in Lamorlaye Château de Longueil-Sainte-Marie in Longueil-Sainte-Marie Château Mennechet in Chiry-Ourscamp Donjon de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis...
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    Opéra-Théâtre de Clermont-Ferrand [fr], Clermont-Ferrand, France Beaux-Arts dormer oculus of the Building of Préfecture de Police de Paris, Île de la Cité Art...
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  • than 1 for France's 36,000 communities.[citation needed] Ardennes (08) Donjon de Day  • Doumely  • Hierges  • Lamecourt  • Landreville  • L'Échelle  •...
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    site. Mont-de-Marsan Air Base was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA. The Donjon Lacataye...
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    then taken to be imprisoned in the donjon at Vincennes. The person in charge of guarding them were captain Guy de Bar, who had been given a hundred men...
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    Fair, circa 1300. The donjon was rebuilt in 1480-1490 by Jehan II de Brosse. In 1689, Ferry reinforced the walls of the Donjon to set up a battery of...
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    chapel of Saint Nicholas, demolished the old tower or donjon in the center, and built a massive new donjon, the Grosse Tour, 11.7 meters wide at the base, with...
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    plateau which lies only a few miles to the south, near the region's capital, Clermont-Ferrand. The historical existence of volcanic activity in the Massif Central...
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    highway A71 from Orléans to Clermont-Ferrand; through a railway linking in the North Vierzon then Paris (3-5h). Formerly the canal de Berry linked Montluçon...
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    in the village Prunières, 3 km from Saint Chély. Now, it is a ruin, the donjon and chapel are still intact. The Gévaudan Beast is an animal at the origin...
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    Dingy-Saint-Clair Château de Disonche, Sallanches Le Donjon, Alby-sur-Chéran Maison forte de Doucy, Menthonnex-sous-Clermont Château de Duingt or Château de Ruphy, or...
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    cathedral dating from 1272 The Palace of the Archbishops of Narbonne, and its donjon with views over Narbonne Musée Archeologique, an archaeological museum in...
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    Allier Clermont Ferrand (1874) Eglise de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire Eglises de Souvigny, Allier Eglise Notre-Dame-des Menus; Boulogne (1860–65) Cathédrale de Moulins...
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    height of 28 meters. The early bell tower, combined with a fortress-like donjon, was built in on the north side of the west front. It was supported by two...
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    Narbonne Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Narbonne, France. The cathedral...
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  • The 2009–10 Coupe de France is the 93rd season of the French most prestigious cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and is open...
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    social assistance policy The reform was done under the effort of Camille Donjon from 1939, with the introduction of selection at the school entrance. A...
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  • Antioch took place, but without Geoffroy de Donjon, who had vanished. Instead, the Order was represented by Pierre de Mirmande who became ad interim Grand...
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    achieved greater prominence in 1327, when Charles IV elevated Louis I de Clermont to Duke of Bourbon. Either Louis or the later Peter II, Duke of Bourbon...
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    Gothic architecture (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    a keep (French: donjon) which could be defended even if the curtain walls of the castle were breached. The donjon of the Château de Vincennes, begun...
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    with the exception of the tower entrance (improperly called today, the "donjon"). This castle belonged until 1240 to the barons of Beaumont, before passing...
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    qualités, armes et blasons de leurs Eminences Messieurs les Grands-Maistres de l'Ordre de Saint Jean de Jérusalem, dits de Malte, depuis leur origine...
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    Saint-Germain-des-Fossés station has rail connections to Lyon, Nevers and Clermont-Ferrand. Communes of the Allier department "Répertoire national des élus:...
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    Lapeyrouse and Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon and Bordeaux railway lines (until 2008). Sainte-Croix Gallican church Saint-Étienne Romanesque church Château de Gannat...
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    Frankish confidence in the truce was not high. In April 1193, Geoffroy de Donjon, head of the Knights Hospitaller, wrote in a letter, 'We know for certain...
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    Château de Septmonts, of which the principal remains are of the 14th century donjon or keep. The castle was the country seat of the Bishop of Soissons, probably...
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    Gaston Fébus (Gaston III of Foix and Gaston X of Béarn) added a brick donjon (keep), known as la tour Billère [the Tower of Billère].[citation needed]...
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  • Carré Médicis Vincennes Musée historique du donjon de Vincennes Vitry-sur-Seine Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (Mac/Val) Argenteuil Musée d'Argenteuil...
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    Saint Fris (category Camino de Santiago)
    construction of new church – La Nativité-Notre-Dame de Bassoues [fr] – as well as an impressive donjon within the walls. The monastery fell into decline...
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