Château De Cherbourg
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Château de Cherbourg was a castle in
Cherbourg Cherbourg (; , , ), nrf, Chèrbourg, ) is a former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It was merged into the commune of Cherbourg-Octeville on 28 Feb ...
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Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
, France. A castle has existed at Cherbourg since the 10th century. The castle was besieged and captured by the French from the English garrison in 1450.


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*Stéphane William Gondoin. Les châteaux forts au temps de Guillaume le Conquérant. September 2015 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cherbourg Castles in Manche Cherbourg-Octeville Ruined castles in Normandy