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Chateau Gaillard in Normandy

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The old castle of Chateau Gaillard, in Normandy, as seen from my Avid.

The caste was built by Richard the Lionheart, king of England and duke of Normandy, at the very end of the XIIth century to protect Normandy from his powerful neighbour the king of France. Richard called the castle "my beautiful one year daughter" as it was built in in a very short time, given the huge amount of stones used.

It was besieged and captured by the French after only some years. (Reportedly, the French soldiers entered the castle by the toilet duct!)

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