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ipflo
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posted 08-05-2003 04:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
hi

Does some one know where I can find information on the disappeared Château de l'Ombrière, the medieval castle residence of the dukes of Aquitaine and kings of England in Bordeaux, England, which is now disappeared. If I have understood it well, it is from the 13th century, it became the regional parliament in the 15th century and it is destroyed about 1800.

thx in advance

Peter
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posted 08-07-2003 04:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
Hi Ipflo,
not found anything yet by that name.
But there is a building (and area) on a map of 1220 called 'Castet de l'Umbreyra', and also on a map of 1450.
Is this an older spelling of the name I wonder ?
The area lay in the centre of the first line of walls facing the wate/river. the second map has a futher line of walls built in front of it.

ipflo
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posted 08-09-2003 04:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
To be honest I don't know, it could be, the only name I have is Château/ Palais de l'Ombrière, and that it lies in the southern part of the old city of Bordeaux, on what is now the place de Palais.

Peter
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posted 08-09-2003 05:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
Ipflo,
will try and place the area in context with the modern city. But it sounds as though it could be the place.

All times are PT (US)

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