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    Castle (redirect from Château-fort)
    on site, such as Chinon, Château de Coucy and Château Gaillard. When it was built in 992 in France the stone tower at Château de Langeais was 16 metres...
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    word château is a French word that has entered the English language, where its meaning is more specific than it is in French. The French word château denotes...
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    largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the Château de Blois...
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    France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for its Château fort, a fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its center...
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    The château fort de Lourdes (Gascon: Castèth de Lorda) is a historic castle located in Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrénées département of France. It is strategically...
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    since 1875. Now open to the public, the Château d'Angers is home of the Apocalypse Tapestry. Originally, the Château d'Angers was built as a fortress at a...
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    Mérimée: Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg (ou Hohenkoenigsbourg), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Base Mérimée: Château fort dit Château fort de Haut...
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    January 2024. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Château de Châlus Chabrol. Base Mérimée: Château fort de Chalus, Ministère français de la Culture. (in...
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  • architectural entities that may be properly termed castle or fortress (French: château-fort), and excludes entities not built around a substantial older castle that...
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    The Château Fort Saint-Georges (or Château Fort de Mâlain) is a ruined castle in the commune of Mâlain in the Côte-d'Or département of France. The castle's...
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