Castle
Château de Gisors
🇫🇷 France · 11th century
The Château de Gisors is a castle in the town of Gisors in the department of Eure, France. The castle was a key fortress of the Dukes of Normandy in the 11th and 12th centuries. It was intended to defend the Anglo-Norman Vexin territory from the pretensions of the King of France.
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Château de Gisors ranks #1,900 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #137 of the 276 mapped in France. Founded 1100, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 120 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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