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159: 22: 143: 292: 166: 253:. The castle was built on a naturally protected site, a rock emerging from a swamp surrounded by a loop of the Nançon river acting as a natural moat. It had three different enclosures: the first for defensive purposes; the second for day to day usages in peacetime and for safety of the surrounding populations in times of siege; and the last for the protection of the 280:
until 1449, when the castle was taken by surprise by an English mercenary. In 1488, the French troops won the castle back after a siege and the castle lost its military role. Today the castle belongs to the municipality and is one of Europe's largest medieval fortresses.
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in the eleventh century. It was destroyed in 1166 after it was besieged and taken by King
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Fougères
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Château de Fougères is located in France
48°21′13″N 1°12′34″W / 48.3536°N 1.209444°W / 48.3536; -1.209444
castle
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Fougères
Ille-et-Vilaine
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House of Amboise
Henry II of England

Hundred Years' War

Castle of Fougères
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"Castle of the Week 78 - Château de Fougères Castle of Ferns"
"Things to discover in Fougères and its surroundings"

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