The origin of Montbazon is at the time Gallo-Roman, the rock mount which was to belong thereafter to certain Bazon was already a strengthened site. The castle of Montbazon whose remainders are visible our days, was built to start from 991 by Foulques Nerra the turbulent one and terrible Count d' Anjou (see Loches). This castle was without any doubt one of the first castle in France. Its construction was completed into 994. The keep was a place of strategic importance paramount in the savage will of Foulques Nerra to encircle and conquer if coveted it town of Tours which was with the hands of its savage enemies, the counts of Chartres-Blois. For this purpose, it made build a score of fortified towns whose principal ones are: Loches, Montrésor, Montrichard, Montbazon, Semblançay, Langeais... Montbazon, is the first fortified town of this untiring builder. The keep, an original height of 28 meters, is rectangular and comprises three stages. This architecture is traditional for the works of this type and this time. In 997, his adversaries, the counts of Blois, removed the place and preserved it during 40 long years. Foulques Nerra took it again at the end of this long interlude. The black falcon was then at the end of its frightening existence (He died in 1040). The Foulques young person (he was a count at 17 years into 987) began a list from famous owners who gave to Montbazon its row in the French history. The keep was then transformed into vast fortress by the kings of ...

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