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The Vieux-château de l'île d'Yeu ("Old castle of the Isle of Yeu") is a fortification on Île d'Yeu off the French Atlantic coast in the département of Vendée. [ 1 ] Olivier IV de Clisson , a great builder of castles, undertook the work with the aim of protecting the islanders in the event of foreign invasion.
Île d'Yeu - Vieux château. Since the nineteenth century Île d'Yeu has attracted many artists. Jean Rigaud (1912–1999), official painter to the French Navy, had a house there, as did Maurice Boitel (1919–2007). Jean Dufy (1888–1964) made about twenty paintings of l'Ile d'Yeu during several summer stays between 1926 and 1930. [citation ...
Page for September in the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry depicts the Chateau as it looked in 1410. ... Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu: 14th century Ruins See also
Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu Château de Noirmoutier. Château de La Roche-sur-Yon Destroyed during rebuilding the napoleonic era. Château d'Apremont, in Apremont; Château de la Bijoire, in Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon; Château du Breuil, in Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse; Château de la Cantaudière, in Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits; Château de Commequiers ...
Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu; N. Château de Noirmoutier; T. Château de Tiffauges This page was last edited on 17 December 2016, at 07:28 (UTC). Text is ...
Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu; P. Château de la Preuille; T. Château de Terre-Neuve; V. Château de La Vérie This page was last edited on 17 December 2016 ...
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by region and department.. Notes. The French word château has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English.
Vouvant (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the department of Vendée, in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.. Vouvant is labelled as Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (since 1988), Petites Cités de Caractère, and the village has obtained two flowers out of five in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris.