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Île d'Yeu - Vieux château. 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 (French pronunciation: [il djø]) or L'Île-d'Yeu, is an island and commune just off the Vendée coast of western France.The island's two harbors, Port-Joinville in the north and Port de la Meule to the south, in a rocky inlet of the southern granite coast, are famous for tuna and lobster fishing, respectively.
The Île d'Yeu Lighthouse, sometimes called the Grand Phare (Great Lighthouse) [1] or La Petite Foule, [2] is a French lighthouse constructed on the Île d'Yeu in 1950. [3] The current structure, is the third serving the site.
The canton of L'Île-d'Yeu is an administrative division of the Vendée department, western France. Its borders were not modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in L'Île-d'Yeu. [1] It consists of the following communes: [1] L'Île-d'Yeu
Île d'Yeu Aerodrome or Aérodrome d'Ile d'Yeu - Grand Phare (IATA: IDY, ICAO: LFEY) is an airport located 3.5 km west of Port-Joinville on the island of Île d'Yeu, [1] a commune of the Vendée département in the Pays de la Loire région of France
A Maison du Tourisme is usually the municipal French regulatory body ... French Tourism Office; France Guide Official website of the French Government Tourist Office ...
The idea of Puy du Fou originated in 1977, when Philippe de Villiers, a 27-year-old student, decided to create an original show named "Cinéscénie". [citation needed]On 13 June 1977, Villiers discovered the ruins of an old Renaissance castle in the village of Les Epesses, near Cholet, and wrote a story about a (fictitious) local family named Maupillier (the real name of a soldier of Vendée ...
Nesmy (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.It is located 30 km (19 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 10 km (6.2 mi) from La Roche-sur-Yon.