Couches () is a
commune in the
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.
Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...
department
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Government and military
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in the
region
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of
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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in eastern
France
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.
Sights
Chateau
The chateau complex includes a number of structures from different periods.
The chateau is often called the chateau of
Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, wife of
Louis X of France, who was confined to the
Chateau Gaillard after allegedly committing adultery. She died there after apparent ill treatment in 1315. One version of the story is that she did not die in the Chateau Gaillard, but escaped and was taken in by her cousin, Marie of Couches, and housed in the chateau and died there in 1333.
Image:CouchesChateau1.JPG, Chateau
Image:CouchesChateau2.JPG, Chateau
Image:CouchesChateau3.JPG, Chateau
Image:CouchesChateau4.JPG, Chateau
Image:MenhirsEpoigny1.jpg, Menhirs
Image:Couches - Tour Guerin 6.jpg, ''Tour Guerin''
Image:Couches - Tour Bajole 1.jpg, ''Tour Bajole''
See also
*
Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
References
Communes of Saône-et-Loire
Châteaux in Saône-et-Loire
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