when was the french castle usee built? special events took place there? type of architecture used for castle?
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First, the castle is called "Usse" and not "Usee". (with an accent over the e to make it sound like "oo-say", natch.) This may have given you difficulty if you were searching online. (I found, actually, several sites with the same misspelling!) As you may know, the castle is thought to have served as an inspiration for the story of Sleeping Beauty and for Disneyland's famous castle, as well. \nWikipedia puts the time of construction as the 11th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_d'Uss%C3%A9  HOWEVER, the official French site for Usse says something quite different, which is that it was constructed between the 15th and 18th centuries. Judging by the castle's appearance, that would seem much more likely. The Wikipedia entry may be referring to the original "stronghold" that was built before the current chateau.\nFor the best information, I would recommend this site, which appears to have the most information regarding the castle: http://period8mayer.tripod.com/Usse.html\n(They also agree with the construction having begun in the 15th century.)\nPS, Remember to put an accent egu over the "e" in Usse, to keep your French teacher happy, if it is a French class. :-)
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mansion and manor are interchangeable cause they mean the same thing\n \nMain Entry:   mansion \nPart of Speech:   noun \nDefinition:   house \nSynonyms:   abode, building, castle, chateau, dwelling, estate, habitation, hall, home, manor, palace, residence, seat, villa \n\ncastle means 1. a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.  2. the chief and strongest part of the fortifications of a medieval city.  3. a strongly fortified, permanently garrisoned stronghold.  4. a large and stately residence, esp. one, with high walls and towers, that imitates the form of a medieval castle.  5. any place providing security and privacy: It may be small, but my home is my castle.  \n\npalace means 1. the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.  2. a large and stately mansion or building.  3. a large and usually ornate place for entertainment, exhibitions, etc.  \n\nso castle is more for olden times and it has a fortified wall with a moat. a palace is more for modern times and doesn't have a fortified wall nor moat.\n\nhope this helped :)
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the bloke who designed it, designed the eiffel tower.  I think she was based around the lady of britannia, because britannia had a spiky crown as well. Its an guess.
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The library, the pyramid (Louvre), Bastille Opera House, la Grande Arche in La Défense .\nGood luck with the eurostar game ;)
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http://www.royal-lecompte.com/\n\nthis is something to do with house buying I think, is that what you were looking for?  It might help if I had the business area.  like housing computers, design.  I can not read or write french so it was a little tough, sorry if this does not help.
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http://www.courrierinternational.com/dessins/galeriedessin.asp?dos_id=2295&provenance=europe
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http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/castles/\n\nTell your teacher you need help with spelling.
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Notre Dame construction began in 1163, during the reign of Louis VII.\nHeloise lived from(1101-1164).\nThat would be impossible unless she visited the building site.
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* Arrow Slit: A vertical 'window', very narrow on the outside, spreading to a larger size one could stand in on the inside, out of which one shot, guess what, arrows. Later ones had a horizontal slot in the middle to give a wider angle of fire for crossbows.\n    * Bailey: The courtyard of a castle, the word normally being used in conjunction with a Motte, which was the inner keep of a Norman castle. Larger castles had more than one bailey -- e.g., outer bailey, middle bailey, inner bailey. (Also called a Ward.)\n    * Barbican: Additional defenses in front of a gatehouse whose purpose was to restrict access to the main gate. Often contained drawbridges and parapets from which defenders could shoot down into the roadway.\n    * Bartizan: A projecting circular turret placed on top of a wall, usually at a corner (mainly Scots).\n    * Battered Plinth: Lovely jargon. This refers to the base of a wall being provided with a widening slope, both to strengthen the bottom of the wall against undermining and to provide a ricochet surface for objects such as rocks being dropped down from machicolations that would bounce off horizontally and zap the attackers.\n    * Battlements: The working defenses atop a castle wall, consisting of a Wall Walk fronted by a Parapet (crenelated), often corbelled out to allow for machicolations, or in earlier castles protected by a Hoarding.\n    * Buttery: The "Butler's" room off the Great Hall. Wine cellar, serving room, silverware, etc. See also Pantry (I'm not sure how the allocation of functions between the buttery and the pantry were differentiated -- in Norman French/English buttery means 'bottle room' and pantry means 'bread room').\n    * Chemin de ronde: Rare in England, very characteristic of French castles, this is the 'crown' at the top of a round tower, a machicolated gallery below or replacing the parapet. French castle towers also had conical roofs, but this was never common in England where they usually had flat tops.\n    * Concentric Castle: Developed in the Crusades, this was the provision of a castle with rings of defense, walls within walls, with flanking towers.\n    * Curtain Wall: The defending wall of a castle.\n    * Donjon: The French word for the Keep tower. Not a dungeon in the sense we know. Most castles had a miserable little place that was used as a prison, but they were for the most part punishment pits for one or two recalcitrants. After castles had lost their original purpose in the 17th Century, quite a few gatehouses were converted into prisons (why gatehouses, I'm not too sure).\n    * Drawbridge: Everyone knows what a drawbridge is. There were basically three types: (1) a simple sliding platform over the ditch that could be pulled back, (2) a raising bridge pulled up by chains attached to the outer corners, and (3) a bridge with posts reaching out over the top, with the chains hanging vertically from the posts (this had 'leverage' advantages).\n    * Enfilade: Describing the arrangement of Arrow Loops or Gun Ports whereby one could achieve a cross-fire and hit the enemy from the side.\n    * Forebuilding: A sort of 'Barbican' for a Keep, it protected the entrance, which was usually on the second story, and contained a grand stair and additional chambers (often a chapel).\n    * Garderobe: A privy or loo. Usually hollowed out of the wall in a tower. Some garderobes had a chute that went down into a sewer pit; others just dumped into the moat.\n    * Gatehouse: The most important part of a castle as far as its defense was concerned, the entry being the weakest point. Older ones were little more than a strong arch with heavy iron-bound wooden gates and drawbars and a guard chamber on top or to the side. Later on, flanking towers were added to the gateway, and Portcullises and Drawbridges. Whereas the Keep was a passive defense, the gatehouse was right up in front, and became the most elaborate buildi
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-Castles were built to maintain lordship, in times of war as well as peace.\n-Castles were built to serve a whole variety of purposes, to have a military, political, social and economic role. The emphasis on each of these aspects varied according to the wishes of the lord who built it. He was presented with different options, in military or domestic design, which he had to balance against his resources if he wished to be prudent. The site, the military strength and the domestic accommodation all tell us the sort of life that the lord expected to live in the castle.  ^_^
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The recorded history of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg begins with the construction of Luxembourg Castle in 963.
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Here are some good web pages with information about France:\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/France\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fr.html\nhttp://www.encyclopedia.com/html/F/France.asp\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568934/France.html
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There is what is called the medieval times I think they also call it the dixie stampede. You have dinner like back in the medieval times and watch jousting and things inside an arena. Its very family oriented. Also, there are the ripley aquarium and museum. There is a place there called barefoot landing with all sorts of shops and attractions. You just walk around, and do all kinds of things. VERY FUN! hope this helps!
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do you mean estates general?  it was a french assmebly of three "estates," the church, the nobility, and the peasants, who theoretically could advise the king.\n\nyou can try looking it up on a search engine.
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Not sure where you mean but there is an organisation called English heritage http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ which owns castles, gardens etc.\nIf you want to look up UK historic buildings you could also try http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/  The National Trust (England) and http://www.nts.org.uk/web/site/home/home.asp? for Scotland.\nAs I'm Welsh, I also have to mention http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-localtoyou/w-wales.htm\nMore castles than you shake a stick at...., and lovely landscape!!!
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Copied from the referenced website:\n\nWhen the Meiji era began in 1868, many castles were scheduled to be dismantled, and only a request from the emperor himself, touring the area, kept Hikone Castle intact. Today it remains one of the oldest original-construction castles in Japan. Hikone Castle was designated a National Treasure by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 1952.
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Is it the castle in West Sussex you are talking about?\nI've been there last summer.\n\nIt's huge! I did not count the rooms though.\nI remember there were a lot: there were appartments as well, ballrooms, kitchen, bedrooms,... even a chapel.\n\nMaybe this can help you? http://www.arundelcastle.org/