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Verdun ( / vɜːrˈdʌn /, [3] also UK: / ˈvɛərdʌn /, [4] US: / vɛərˈdʌn /, [5] French: [vɛʁdœ̃] ⓘ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital of the department ...
The medieval town on the hilltop has many fine old buildings, some of which date from the 13th century. The town retains a large section of the city walls, part of which can be walked round. Major historical attractions include the Jacobins Theatre dating from 1224, the flamboyant Gothic St Malo's Church , the Romanesque St Saviour's Basilica , Duchess Anne's Tower and the Château de Dinan .
Coordinates: 51.9797°N 5.3479°E. Dorestad in the network of main Northern European trade routes in the Early Middle Ages (c. 800) Dorestad ( Dorestat, Duristat) was an early medieval emporium, located in the southeast of the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands, close to the modern-day town of Wijk bij Duurstede.
Rouen ( UK: / ˈruːɒ̃, ˈruːɒn /, US: / ruːˈɒ̃, ruːˈɒn /; [3] [4] French: [ʁwɑ̃] ⓘ or [ʁu.ɑ̃]) [needs Norman IPA] is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the ...
La pintura de otras regiones es más independiente. En el oeste de Francia destacan los frescos de la abadía de Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe (h. 1100), declaradas Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco. Gótico Anterior al siglo XV Adoración de los Reyes, Maestro del Paramento de Narbona, h. 1380, pergamino, B.N. de Francia
Very elaborate and complex schemes for town defenses were developed in the Netherlands and France, but these belong mainly to the post-medieval periods. By 1600, the medieval wall is likely to have been seen more as a platform for displaying hangings and the pomery as a gathering ground for spectators, or as a source of building stone and a site for its use, respectively.
The Kingdom of France in the Middle Ages (roughly, from the 10th century to the middle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and West Francia (843–987); the expansion of royal control by the House of Capet (987–1328), including their struggles with the virtually independent principalities (duchies and counties, such as the Norman and Angevin regions ...
