Montbazon
Encyclopedia
Montbazon is a commune
in the Indre-et-Loire
department in central France
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Montbazon is located on the river Indre between the towns Veigné, Monts and Sorigny. The town is at about 12 km from Tours
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complained to the king that Fulk Nerra, lord of Anjou, was building a fortress in their land of Montbazon (he became lord of Montbazon in 997 although he was 17 years old).
From 994, the lofty dungeon dominated the strategic point of the Indre river.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.-History:Indre-et-Loire is one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Montbazon is located on the river Indre between the towns Veigné, Monts and Sorigny. The town is at about 12 km from Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
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History
In 991, friars of CormeryCormery
Cormery is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.-See also:*Communes of the Indre-et-Loire departmentIt is located 21 kilometres from Tours and 18 kilometres from Jouè-les-Tours....
complained to the king that Fulk Nerra, lord of Anjou, was building a fortress in their land of Montbazon (he became lord of Montbazon in 997 although he was 17 years old).
From 994, the lofty dungeon dominated the strategic point of the Indre river.
Monuments
- The donjon of Montbazon built by Fulk Nerra
- Le Château d'Artigny
- Parcours botanique au fil de l'IndreParcours botanique au fil de l'IndreThe Parcours botanique au fil de l'Indre is an arboretum and botanical garden located in Montbazon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. It is open daily without charge....
See also
- Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department
- Duchy of MontbazonDuchy of MontbazonThe Duchy of Montbazon is the area around Montbazon, near Tours, in France. During the Ancien Régime, Montbazon became a seigneurie held by the House of Rohan in the fifteenth century; was elevated to a comté in 1557, and raised to the level of a duchy in 1588.-List of Lords of Guéméné, ca...