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本帖最后由 ngsunyu 于 2010-8-6 23:54 编辑
To strengthen the site the castle was greatly enlarged replacing the earlier site in the later 14th century. A donjon tower (天守閣), 52 meters high, the tallest medieval fortified structure of Europe, was added by Philip VI of France, a work that was started about 1337. The grand rectangular circuit of walls, was completed by the Valois about two generations later (ca. 1410). The donjon served as a residence for the royal family, and its buildings are known to have once held the library and personal study of Charles V. Henry V of England died in the donjon of dysentery in 1422 following the siege of Meaux. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Vincennes) |
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