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 | Villandraut constitutes with the close castle of Roquetaillade an example among purest to architecture castrale of the years 1300 in Guyenne: the influence of the castles built by Édouard III of England in Wales, itself marked of the originating seal philippien is manifest there. It has the immense advantage, compared to its neighbor, not to be restored. But, beyond its military carapace, the c... |  | 12/28/2005 | 150 | 
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 | http://www.grandcentralterminal.com/ | | 12/27/2005 | 155 |
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 | Dominating the plain of Alsace to more than 700 meters of altitude, the fortress of Haut-Koenigsbourg counts with the number of the jewels bequeathed by the medieval builders. Very faithfully restored at the beginning of the XXe century, it preserves however the sober aspect of a large feudal castle.
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 | Located at the border of Penthièvre and the county of Dinan, this imposing castle pointed out the power of the Duke of Brittany and Tournemine, trusty servant of the Duchy. Destroyed in 1341, at the time of the war of succession of Brittany, of the first castle of XIIIe century, there remain only some vestiges. Rebuilt in XVe century, it holds account of the technical innovations as indicates i... | | 12/27/2005 | 92 |
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 | The imposing ruins of the castle of Tonquédec are drawn up in a beautiful decoration, on a headland dominating the valley of Bequeathing. The castle, high at the beginning of XIIIe century, was dismantled by order of Jean IV in 1395. Rebuilt at the beginning of XVe century, it is again dismantled by order of Richelieu in 1622.
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 | Built in XIV century, this fortress is a pink sandstone ship standing in a unique location. Transformed into a coast-defence between 1690 and 1715, Castle La Latte (or La Roche-Goyon)remains a fortified castle. The XIVth century defence system is still in place : curtains, towers, drawbridges ans dungeon have travelled down the ages. Listed historic building.
Various movies have been sho... | | 12/27/2005 | 123 |
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 | Built at the end of XI century, the primary fortress stands proudly at the very edge of a cliff surrounded by a double near-by enclosure. As the the main worcraft is dug inside of the cliff, a second castle was built just at the bottom of it with underpaths to join both. This donwside castle was extended in XVI and XVII centuries by the La Rochefoucauld family and mainly by Duchess d'Enville. T... |  | 12/27/2005 | 111 |
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 | A triple building stands on this site:
1)The old fortress = Robert II, Count de Dreux and of Braine, husband of Yolande de Coucy, starts to build the fortress in 1206. This fortress stands on an artificial fully stone paved hill.
2)The new residence = Built by the Constable Anne de Montmorency in 1539. This work transforms the fortress into more pleasant residence.
3)The... | | 12/27/2005 | 128 |
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 | Located Northern coast of France between Calais and Dunkirk, this town was known as Flanders Portal.
Fortified by Charles-Quint in XV century then reinforced by Vauban in XVI century, it remains in memories for being the place where the Great Armada's was defeated by English fleet | | 12/27/2005 | 138 |
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 | One of Vauban's Northern masterpieces, Rocroi is still known as the "star" city | | 12/27/2005 | 99 |
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 | Built in XII century by Henry II Plantagenet, this castle remains famous for having been the last royal residence of poor king Charles VII in a very sad era of History. It was there that Joan of Ark found the king and brings him back to confidence before starting her own march to victory |  | 12/27/2005 | 173 |
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 | Primarely built by Louis d'Orleans in XV century, this famous "romantic" castle was entirely rebuilt in XIX century by Viollet-le-Duc according to his own view of high middle-age castle... but may be not so far of what it could have been
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 | Home of Utica, NY's last remaining brewery. This historic brewery brews one of the finest northeast US beers, Utica Club! | | 12/27/2005 | 115 |
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 | Now abandoned, the "Pantaco" station used to be the greatest Railway car workshop in Mexico and Latin America. Now there's people living in the old dusty abandoned cars. | | 12/27/2005 | 155 |
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 | Docuprint SA | | 12/27/2005 | 71 |
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 | Arenas in Valence Spain
http://tthuries.free.fr/temp/temporada.htm | | 12/27/2005 | 126 |
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 | Plaza de la Malagueta in Malaga _Spain_
http://www.plazalamalagueta.com/ | | 12/27/2005 | 114 |
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 | Built by Charles-Quint in XVI century then modernized by Vauban in XVII century, this fortress is still unhabited and in perfect condition despite 3 major wars (1970-1914-1940) | | 12/27/2005 | 117 |
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 | This is where the "Friday the 13th" movie character, Jason Voorhees killed all those people. | | 12/27/2005 | 138 |
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 | Fortezza Nuova di Livorno Tuscany
The first stone was placed 10 January 1590. The Works were finish in 1600 | | 12/26/2005 | 164 |
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 | Placemarks of 292 skyscrapers taller than 200 meters, complete with year/floors/height info. |  | 12/21/2005 | 664 |
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 | The Eden Project communicates its story in a ‘Living Theatre of Plants and People’ based in a large crater in which nestle two vast greenhouses (Biomes). These house plants, crops and landscapes from the humid tropics and warm temperate regions and act as a backdrop to the temperate landscape, which we call the Outdoor Biome. Eden uses exhibitions, art, storytelling, workshops, lectures and e... |  | 12/20/2005 | 357 |
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 | Ellis Island in NY harbor. |  | 12/20/2005 | 270 |
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 | The Dome: The unmissable meeting place for every kind of show in the city of Marseille (France) | | 12/17/2005 | 192 |
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 | Headquarter of the belgian Bourse | | 12/16/2005 | 168 |
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