Royan (French pronunciation: ; locally in the Saintongeais dialect; Occitan: Roian) is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its inhabitants are known as Royannais and Royannaises. Capital of the Côte de Beauté, Royan is one of the main French Atlantic coastal resort towns, and has five beaches, …

John II Komnenos or Comnenus (Greek: Ἱωάννης ὁ Κομνηνός, romanized: Iōannēs ho Komnēnos; 13 September 1087 – 8 April 1143) was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good" (Kaloïōannēs), he was the eldest son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina and the second emperor to rule during the …

Een citadel is een versterking die een vestingstad domineert en zelfstandig verdedigbaar is. Een citadel kan twee verschillende functies hebben: een dwangburcht of dwangkasteel om de inwoners van de stad in bedwang te houden; een reduit of toevluchtsoord om weerstand te kunnen blijven bieden als de stad zelf is gevallen; Het woord is waarschijnlijk via het Franse …

Montpellier (Occitaans: Montpelhièr) is een Zuid-Franse stad, prefectuur van het departement Hérault en (tot 2016) van de vroegere regio Languedoc-Roussillon (nu in Occitanie).De stad ligt in een stedelijk gebied met 540.000 inwoners in 2009, daarvan is Montpellier de belangrijkste stad. Montpellier zelf had 295.542 255.000 inwoners op 1 januari 2019, waarvan circa 55.000 …

This list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline summarizes airline accidents and all kinds of minor incidents by airline company with flight number, location, date, aircraft type, and cause.. This list is dynamic and by no means complete! While all of the incidents in this list are noteworthy, not all the incidents listed involved fatalities.

Maria Komnene (Greek: Μαρία Κομνηνή; c. 1154 – 1217), Latinized Comnena, was the queen of Jerusalem from 1167 until 1174 as the second wife of King Amalric.She occupied a central position in the Kingdom of Jerusalem for twenty years, earning a reputation for intrigue and ruthlessness.. Maria was a grandniece of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos.

Pas-de-Calais: Fort d'Ambleteuse - Kasteel van Boulogne-sur-Mer - Citadel van Calais - Fort Risban - Château de Tramecourt; ... Hérault: Kasteel van Assas - de Cardonnet à Aumelas - Château de Castries - Citadelle de Montpellier - Kasteel van Flaugergues - Château de la Mogère - Château de la Mosson - Redoute de Palavas-les-Flots; Lot: ...

Le Havre (/ l ə ˈ h ɑː v (r ə)/, French: [lə ɑvʁ(ə)] (); Norman: Lé Hâvre [lɛ ɑvʁ(é)]) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very close to the Prime Meridian.Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy ...

The Pont Saint-Bénézet (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɛ̃ benezɛ]; Provençal: Pònt de Sant Beneset), also known as the Pont d'Avignon (IPA: [pɔ̃ daviɲɔ̃]), was a medieval bridge across the Rhône in the town of Avignon, in southern France.Only four arches survive. A wooden bridge spanning the Rhône between Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and Avignon was built between 1177 and 1185.

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici), also known as the Order of Solomon's Temple, the Knights Templar, or simply the Templars, was a Catholic military order, one of the most wealthy and popular military orders in Western Christianity.They were founded in 1119, headquartered on …