 | Henry Gally Knight - 1836 - 330 páginas
...found in a province in which they once so largely abounded. Falaise was one of the strongest holds of the Dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace of William the Conqueror. Of this castle, considerable remains exist ; the principal feature is a large oblong, lofty pile, now... | |
 | 1865 - 854 páginas
...edifices, the hospital, the public library, and, more than all, the old and ruiued castle, once the seat of the dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace of William the Conqueror. In the castle, the chamber in which the Conqueror was born is still shewn, аз well as a tower called... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1866 - 630 páginas
...hill, the summit of which is crowm-d by it« castle, now in part a ruin, but anciently the residence of the dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace of William the Conqueror. The town was formerly pretty well fortified, and is still surrounded with walls. It is clean and well... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1867 - 794 páginas
...interest to every traveller — the Castle one of the few Normau fortresses remaining in France, the seat of the Dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace...ruin, occupying a commanding position at the extremity ot the town, where the platform is cut into a narrow promontory by gullies which isolate it on 3 sides,... | |
 | John Murray - 1867 - 806 páginas
...interest to every traveller — the Castle one of the few Norman fortresses remaining in France, the seat of the Dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace...ruin, occupying a commanding position at the extremity oi the town, where the platform is cut into a narrow promontory by gullies which isolate it on 3 sides,... | |
 | 1868 - 856 páginas
...edifices, the hospital, the public library, and, more than all, the old and ruined castle, once the seat of the dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace of William the Conqueror. In the castle, the chamber in which the Conqueror was born is still shewn, as well as a tower called... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1869 - 816 páginas
...interest to every traveller — the Castle, one of the few Norman fortresses remaining in France, the seat of the Dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace...on 3 sides, rendering it a place of great strength. To this it was indebted for the 9 sieges which it had to sustain. The approach to it is behind the... | |
 | Ephraim Chambers - 1870 - 854 páginas
...edifices, the hospital, the public library, and, more than all, the old and ruined castle, once the seat of the dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace of William the Conqueror. In the castle, the chamber in which the Conqueror was born is still shewn, as well as a tower called... | |
 | J. Maurice Dempsey - 1871 - 726 páginas
...ancient castle, now a picturesque ruin, which occupies a commanding position on a rocky height, was the seat of the Dukes of Normandy, and the birth-place of William the Conqueror. Hotel— Du Chemin de Fer. TM— 35. 4d. FALKIRK. — Route from London by Scotch mail trains, see... | |
 | John Murray - 1873 - 458 páginas
...interest to every traveller — the Castle, one of the few Norman fortresses remaining in France, the seat of the Dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace...on 3 sides, rendering it a place of great strength. To this it was indebted for the 9 sieges which it bad to sustain. The approach to it is behind the... | |
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France, the seat of the Dukes of Normandy, and the birthplace of William the Conqueror. It is a grand and picturesque ruin, occupying a commanding position at the extremity... 
