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The site had been the castle of the lords of Heverlee since the 12th century, but this family became impoverished and had to sell the site in 1445 to the Croÿ family from Picardy. Antoine I de Croÿ demolished the medieval castle and started works to build the current château in 1455 on the site, of which he destroyed all but one tower.
With a land area of 98,712.71 km 2 (38,113.19 sq mi), Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is the third-largest Quebec region after Nord-du-Québec and Côte-Nord. This region is bathed by two major watercourses, Lac Saint-Jean and the Saguenay River, both of which mark its landscape deeply and have been the main drives of its development in history. It ...
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (French pronunciation: [lak sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ ɛst]) is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Alma . In 2016, 99.3% reported that they spoke French most often at home, according to the census .
Lac Saint-Jean lies within a elongated rift valley that is known as the Lac Saint-Jean Lowlands. These lowlands are an elongated flat-bottomed basin formed by the Saguenay Graben by the displacement of Grenville crystalline rocks. This basin is 250 km (160 mi) long and 50 km (31 mi) wide.
La Saint-Jean or Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, Quebec's National Holiday; Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon, a Roman Catholic cathedral in Lyon, France; See also
L.A. firefighters look for hot spots as they prepare for high winds in the burn areas of the Palisades fire on Tuesday, Jan. 14. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
From the mouth of Lac Vert, the current crosses Kénogamichiche Lake on3.2 km (2.0 mi) to the west, then follows the course of the Rivière des Aulnaies on 5.9 km (3.7 mi) north-west, the course of La Belle Rivière on 6.1 km (3.8 mi) north-west (via a bay), then crosses the eastern part of Lac Saint-Jean toward north on 15.4 km (9.6 mi ...
Ricki Lake is one of the many Los Angeles residents affected by the devastating fires in the region this week, sharing on Wednesday that she lost her “dream home” and the place where she ...