Château de Fougères
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The Château de Fougères is a castle in the commune of Fougères in the Ille-et-Vilaine département of France. The castle was built on a naturally protected site, a rock emerging from a swamp surrounded by a loop of the Nançon river acting as a natural moat. It had three different enclosures: the first for defensive purposes; the second for day to day usages in peacetime and for safety of the surrounding populations in times of siege; and the last for the protection of the keep. In all it has an impressive 13 towers.[1]
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Château de Fougères | |
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Fougères, France | |
Coordinates | 48.3536°N 1.209444°W / 48.3536; -1.209444 |
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