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The Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is a ruined 
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The Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is a ruined castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in the ''commune
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'' of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte () is a Communes of France, commune in the Manche Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in north-western France. It is situated in the Cotentin Peninsula near Valognes. Its populat ...
in the Manche
Manche (, ) is a coastal French département in Normandy, on the English Channel, which is known as ''La Manche'', literally "the sleeve", in French. It had a population of 495,045 in 2019.département
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'' of France.
The castle, dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, was besieged twice during the Hundred Years' War
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. The remains consist of a fortified enceinte
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with towers and a massive keep
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.
The castle is open to the public. It has been listed since 1840 as a ''monument historique
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'' by the French Ministry of Culture
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.
See also
*List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
;Notes:
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References
External links
* Castles in Manche Monuments historiques of Manche Ruined castles in Normandy {{France-castle-stub