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Un château fort est une structure fortifiée de la fin du Moyen Âge, remplaçant la motte castrale à partir de la renaissance du XIIe siècle et habitée par la noblesse. Les châteaux forts, emblématiques de la société féodale tardive, sont construits essentiellement en Europe, au Moyen-Orient et en Asie.
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 placed at the entrance to the seven valleys of the Lavedan . [1]
There are examples of some castles where stone was quarried 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 (52 ft) high, 17.5 metres (57 ft) wide, and 10 metres (33 ft) long with walls averaging 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in). The walls contain ...
The Louvre Castle (French: Château du Louvre), also referred to as the Medieval Louvre (French: Louvre médiéval), was a castle (French: château fort) built by Philip II of France on the right bank of the Seine, to reinforce the city wall he had built around Paris.
- From 1190
- French kings from Philip II of France
- destroyed
- Medieval castle
The Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort, located in La Cluse-et-Mijoux in the Doubs department in the Jura Mountains of France. It commands the mountain pass Cluse de Pontarlier.
In the heart of Lourdes, discover the architecture of the fortified castle, its Pyrenean museum of popular art and traditions, its superb panoramic views and its botanical gardens.
