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County of Foix
The County of Foix was an independent medieval fief in southern France, and later a province of France, whose territory corresponded roughly the eastern part of the modern département of Ariège ....
, now in modern-day France, who worked for Gaston Fébus (Gaston III of Foix-Béarn
Gaston III of Foix-Béarn
Gaston III/X of Foix-Béarn, also Gaston Fébus or Gaston Phoebus was the 11th count of Foix, and viscount of Béarn . Officially, he was Gaston III of Foix and Gaston X of Béarn.-Early life:...
). He is noted particularly for working with brick, a material that was cheap and allowed speedier contsruction.
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- Château de MontanerChâteau de MontanerThe Château de Montaner is a castle in the commune of Montaner in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southern France.Thee castle was built in the 14th century on the orders of Gaston Fébus to protect the frontiers of Béarn with Bigorre and Armagnac...
- Château de MorlanneChâteau de MorlanneThe Château de Morlanne is a restored castle in the commune of Morlanne in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France.This imposing brick fortress, forming a polygonal enceinte, is a powerful 14th century structure with gateways, a courtyard, moats and a high keep...
- KeepKeepA keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the...
of the Château de PauChâteau de PauThe Château de Pau is a castle in the centre of Pau, the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Béarn. King Henry IV of France and Navarre was born here on December 13, 1553....