Friday, September 26, 2014

le donjon du château de Beaugency


As I have explained before, the word donjon in French means a defensive tower and not a dungeon despite how close the two words sound.  In this case, the donjon in Beaugency looks out (in this photo, somewhat literally) over the town as if to protect it. And it's been doing so since the 11th century.

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