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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.
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The Honmaru ( 本丸 ) ( also spelled Hommaru ) was the central, innermost part of the castle containing the donjon and residence of the shogun.
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The donjon of Château Gaillard ; the loss of the castle would prove devastating for John's military position in Normandy
The village of Crupet is noted for its grotto dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, the Château de Crupet, a moated medieval donjon, and its windmills.
In August 1610 the stone foundation of the main donjon ( tenshu ) was completed, and by December construction of the stone walls for the Honmaru, Ninomaru, Nishinomaru, and Ofukemaru was almost completed.
Nagoya Castle is known for its unique " connected-donjon " style of construction, with the main donjon of five stories on five different levels and a smaller donjon of two levels joined by an abutment bridge.
Evidence that another small donjon was planned for the west side of the main donjon can be found in traces of an entryway in the upper part of the stone wall foundation on that side.
The entryway to the small donjon was also planned for the west side.
In English, a dungeon now usually only signifies the sense of underground prison or oubliette, typically in a basement of a castle, whereas the alternate spelling donjon is generally reserved for the original meaning.
Despite this, jidaigeki movies ( such as Abarembo shogun ) set in Edo usually depict Edo Castle as having a donjon, and substitute Himeji Castle for that purpose.
The new Meiji government ordered the destruction of all former feudal fortifications, and in compliance with this directive, all structures of Odawara Castle were pulled down from 1870 – 1872, with the stone base of the former donjon becoming the foundation for a Shinto shrine, the Ōkubo Jinja, dedicated to the spirits of the generations of Ōkubo daimyō.
Today the stone constructed base of this donjon is a tourist attraction at Tokyo central park open for the public.
is a Japanese castle, located in Maruoka, Fukui, and famous for its donjon ( tenshu ), the oldest in Japan.
Builder ’ s plans for the castle show the donjon to be 138 feet tall, with seven levels.
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In rebuilding the Chenonceau château in the 16th century, Thomas Bohier razed the castle-keep and the fortified mill of the Marques family, erecting the new château upon the piers of the former mill and keeping only the ancient donjon: The Marques Tower, which he transformed in Renaissance style.
The walls of the donjon were built by the Kiyomasa family and the cornerstones of the building bear the inscriptions of the family members in charge of the construction.
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Both its surrounding wall and the inner yard are circular, and so are the three minor towers and the donjon.
A moat is found surrounding the castle and its donjon.
* The Palais des Archevêques, the Archbishop's Palace, and its donjon with views over Narbonne
The castle was completed in 1611 by his successor, Tsugaru Nobuhira, but its massive 5-story donjon was lost to lightning in 1627.
In 1752 ( Hōreki 2 ), the large-scale " Restoration of Hōreki " corrected the tilt of the donjon, due to unequal subsidence of its stone wall, and the roofs from the second level up were tiled with copper.
The word dungeon comes from Old French donjon ( also spelt dongon ), which in its earliest usage, meant " a keep, the main tower of a castle which formed the final defensive position to which the garrison could retreat when outer fortifications were overcome ".
The central three-story building, called a keep, donjon or great tower, is unique in its design, being of cruciform shape, with twenty corners.
* Polignac, Haute-Loire, in the Haute-Loire département, dominated by the fortress Château de Polignac with its square donjon tower, 32 m tall
The donjon and its multiple roofs were constructed in 1607 and ornamented with gold.
Since the main donjon of Edo Castle was destroyed in 1657 and not reconstructed, the Fujimi-yagura took on its role and was an important building during the Edo period.
It is unusual in that its Edo period donjon and most of its outline remains intact.
The donjon is surrounded by three surviving yagura from the Edo period ( the Ninomaru Tatsumi Yagura, Ninomaru Hitsujisaru Yagura, Ninomaru Ushitora Yagura ), on its second bailey, and five surviving gates ( Sannomaru Ōtemon Gate, Sannomaru East Gate, Ninomaru South Gate, Ninomaru East Gate, Kitanokuruwa North Gate ) in the walls of its second and third baileys.
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On May 14, the main donjon, small donjon, golden dolphins, Honmaru Palace, northeast turret, and other buildings were completely destroyed in air raids.
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Some design similarities are noted with the contemporary castle at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France that was also constructed without a central donjon.
The foundations of the donjon are all that is left.
The building is extremely strong and was designed to serve as a fortress as much as a church: the walls are between 2 and 3 metres thick, and the square tower, 35 metres high, could also function as a keep, or donjon.
All that remains are the entrance tower and vestiges of the donjon and ramparts.
Towers project from the South and North walls, and there are towers at each corner, including an earlier square tower and a large round donjon from where the defence of the castle can be coordinated.
All of these structures, including the donjon itself, are National Important Cultural Properties.
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The main donjon or tower ( known as the ) was located in the northern corner of the Honmaru enceinte.
Two broad types of design emerged across France and England during the period: four-sided stone keeps, known as Norman keeps or great keeps in English – a donjon carré or donjon roman in French – and circular shell keeps.
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It was during his period as a farmer that he employed and got to know Roger Lhomoy-Lhomoy had previously worked since 1929 as a tourist guide at the Château de Gisors in Normandy and claimed to have discovered under the tower donjon in March 1946, a secret entrance to a long basement thirty meters long, nine meters wide, and approximately four and a half meters high, saying it was a subterranean chapel dedicated to Saint Catherine.
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It once had twelve rectangular towers with one of them-to the south-having been the donjon.
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In 1950, repairs were made to the stone base of the former donjon, which had been in ruins since the Great Kantō Earthquake, and the area was made into the Odawara Castle Park, which includes an art museum, local history museum, city library, amusement park and zoo.
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A replicated Osaka Castle has been created on the site of the Hideyoshi's great donjon.
This castle was first established in 1286 as a wooden donjon but was rebuilt in stone.
250pxFrom 1677 to 1686, the " Slot Zeist " was built on or near the ruins of " Kasteel Zeist ", the original castle ( donjon ) of Rodgar van Zeist.
The donjon was now used as a munition depot.
A disaster marked the end of the castle of Heusden and caused the economic demise of the city ; on 24 July 1680 a terrible thunderstorm hit Heusden, and lightning struck the donjon.
Doué-la-Fontaine is the site of the oldest habitable donjon ( keep ) in France, dating back to the year 900.
A man named Will falls asleep and has a vision of a tower set upon a hill and a fortress ( donjon ) in a deep valley ; between these symbols of heaven and hell is a " fair field full of folk ", representing the world of mankind.
The 12-sided donjon dates from this time.
Remains of the donjon of Lazar's fortress in Kruševac, the capital of Lazar's state.
In mid-1612 ( Keichō 17 ), the construction of Honmaru Palace began, and the main donjon was completed in December of that year.
In 1669 ( Kambun 9 ), repairs were made to the main donjon walls and roofs.
In November 1685 ( Jōkyō 2 ), repairs were made to the main donjon roof ; in March 1709 ( Hōei 6 ) to the first and second stories of the main donjon ; in August 1720 ( Kyōhō 5 ) to the chidorihafu gables on the third and fourth levels of the main donjon ; and in December 1726 ( Kyōhō 11 ) to the third-level roofs, karahafu gables, the fourth-level roofs, and the copper tiles of the fifth-level roofs of the main donjon.
Repairs were also made to the golden dolphins of the main donjon, replacing the wooden core.
Repairs were made to the second -, third -, and fourth-level roofs of the main donjon.
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