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[1] [4] Construction was continued in 1584 by his son, Philibert de La Guiche, governor of Lyonnais and grand maître de l'artillerie from 1578 to 1596. [1] In the 17th century the château was completed by the addition of two wings perpendicular to the corps de logis with pavilions at the far ends, forming an interior courtyard opening to the ...
This is a list of National Historic Sites of Canada (French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) in France. Canada has designated only two sites outside its borders as National Historic Sites, both of which are war memorials in northern France commemorating Canadian and Newfoundland losses in the First World War. [1]
Lassy (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres de Druance. [2] The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande. [3]
Château de Crosville in Crosville-sur-Douve private, open to visitors; Château de Ganne in La Haye-Pesnel, ruined, site may be freely visited; Château de Gavray in Gavray, private, site may be freely visited; Manoir de Graffard in Barneville-Carteret, private, exterior may be seen; Château de Gratot in Gratot private, open to visitors
The Company of One Hundred Associates (French: formally the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France, or colloquially the Compagnie des Cent-Associés or Compagnie du Canada), or Company of New France, was a French trading and colonization company chartered in 1627 to capitalize on the North American fur trade and to administer and expand French colonies there. [1]
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Ry ( pronounced [ʁi] ) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France .
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km 2 Calvados ( UK : / ˈ k æ l v ə d ɒ s / , US : /- d oʊ s , ˌ k æ l v ə ˈ d oʊ s , ˌ k ɑː l v ə ˈ -/ , French: [kalvados] ⓘ ) [ needs Norman IPA ] is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France . [ 3 ]
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Les Loges-Marchis ( French pronunciation: [le lɔʒ maʁʃi] ) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France .