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CHATEAUBRIANT
, a See also:town of western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Loire-Inferieure, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Chere, 40 M
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N.N.E. of See also:Nantes by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1906) 5969
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Chateaubriant takes its name from a See also:castle founded in the 1th See also:century by Brient, See also:count of Penthievre, remains of which, consisting of a square See also:donjon and four towers, still exist
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Adjoining it is another castle, built in the first See also:half of the 16th century by See also:Jean de See also:Laval, and famous in See also:history as the See also:residence of Francoise de See also:Foix, See also:mistress of See also:Francis I
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Of this the most beautiful feature is the See also:colonnade See also:running at right angles to the See also:main See also:building, and connecting it with a graceful See also:pavilion
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It is occupied by a small museum and some of the public offices
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There is also an interesting Romanesque See also:
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