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La Flèche was established shortly after the year 1000 and rapidly acquired a prominent position. In 1051, [cf 4] Jean de Beaugency, the younger son of Lancelin I, the lord of Beaugency, and Paula du Maine, the youngest daughter of Count Herbert I Wake-Dog, [9] sought a location in which to construct a castle within his domain of Fissa (fiscal land).
In 1611, the Féron de Longuemézière was discharged from the work, and the church construction site was put on hold. [4] The following year, Father Étienne Martellange was sent to La Flèche by Marie de Médicis [5] to oversee the completion of the church, whose expenses were paid from the royal treasury. [6]
La Flèche (French pronunciation: [la flɛʃ] ⓘ) is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most populous city of the department.
The Spire of Notre-Dame de Paris is located above the cross-section of the cathedral's transept. Notre-Dame de Paris has had three timber spires made of oak, known as flèches.
Flèche or Fleche may refer to: Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire; Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition; Flèche (fencing), an aggressive offensive fencing technique; Flèche (fortification), a defensive work; HMS Fleche, ships of the Royal Navy
Flèche of Sainte-Chapelle, Île de la Cité, designed by Jean-Baptiste Lassus. [1] Two pictures of Notre-Dame de Paris with its 19th century flèche, lost to fire in 2019. ...
Examples of various small-arms flechettes (scale in inches) A flechette or flèchette (/ f l eɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ t / fle-SHET) is a pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile.The name comes from French flèchette (from flèche), meaning "little arrow" or "dart", and sometimes retains the grave accent in English: flèchette.
Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx (BEL) Faemino–Faema: 5h 49' 00" 2 Georges Pintens (BEL) Dr. Mann–Grundig + 53" 3 Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) Flandria–Mars + 1' 06"