commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the east-central French
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
La Clayette is situated in the southernmost part of
Burgundy
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UNESCO
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's label as World Heritage Site to preserve, consolidate and transmit this resource.
Access
*By road: the town is situated at the crossroads of the routes D985 and D987, 40 km (25 miles) from
* 1435: Creation of the borough of La Clayette by the Chantemerle family.
* 1437: Creation of the fairs.
* 1450: Creation of the markets.
* 1632: Alice de Chantemerle founded by will the convent of the Minimes, the building which is now the town hall.
* Until the
French Revolution
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Château de La Clayette
The Château de La Clayette is a 14th- and 19th-century castle in the French town of La Clayette, situated in south-western Burgundy, in the north of the historical province of Beaujolais. It is a listed historical monument.
Description
Originall ...
is partly surrounded by a small lake of 30 hectares (74 acres) and a water-filled
moat
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. It was expanded to its current size in the 19th century and is now a listed
historical monument
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.
Chapelle Sainte-Avoye
The construction of the Sainte-Avoye's chapel, in the flamboyant gothic style, was due to Louis de Chantemerle in the 15th century.
Église de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame
The Église de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame (English: The Assumption of Our Lady's Church) is a
Catholic Church
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designed by the French architect Pinchard. Construction began in 1889 and was completed in 1894. Some of the
stained glass
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Göllheim
Göllheim () is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated north of the Palatinate forest, approx. 25 km west of Worms. It was the site of the 1298 Battle of Göllheim.
Göllheim is the seat of ...
, Germany
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Marano Equo
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The Monti Simbruini are ...
(1743–1817), mineralogist, geologist, paleontologist, first mayor of La Clayette in 1790
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Joseph Jolinon
Joseph Jolinon (1885-1971) was a French writer. He was born in La Clayette and studied law in Lille. He was mobilized in 1914, and served as a soldier throughout the First World War. Afterwards, he took up the law profession and settled in Lyon. He ...