Vimy, France
1936
Thiepval, France
1932
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France
1914
Beaumont-Hamel, France
1925
Pozières, France
1930
Douaumont, France
1916
Arras, France
1916
Villers-Bretonneux, France
1938
Longueval, France
1926
Montsec, France
1932
Arras, France
1916
Dormans, France
1921
Soissons, France
1928
Douaumont, France
1967
Neuve-Chapelle, France
1927
Bony, France
1918
Courcelette, France
1916
Fère-en-Tardenois, France
1918
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France
1918
Sommepy-Tahure, France
1937
Château de Niort is a medieval castle in the French town of Niort. It consists of two square towers, linked by a 15th-century building and dominates the Sèvre Niortaise valley.
The two donjons are the only remaining part of the castle. The castle was started by Henry II Plantagenet in the 12th century and completed by Richard the Lionheart. It was defended by a rectangular curtain wall and was damaged during the Wars of Religion. In the 18th century, the castle served as a prison.
The present keeps were the central point of a massive fortress. The southern keep is 28m tall, reinforced with turrets. The northern tower is slightly shorter at 23m. Both are flanked with circular turrets at the corners as well as semicircular buttresses. Each of the towers has a spiral staircase serving the upper floors. The Romanesque architecture is of a high quality with the dressed stones closely jointed.