Castle of Verneuil sur Avre

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Located at the borders
of the department of the Eure, the castle of Verneuil-on-Avre is
attested since XIe century. It formed with Tillières-on-Avre
and Nonancourt a defensive curtain against the possible incursions
in Normandy of the counts de Chartres. Philippe Auguste built there
after 1204 one of his famous circular towers. |