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8 unusual facts about Montargis


Ferrières Abbey

Ferrières Abbey was a Benedictine monastery situated at Ferrières-en-Gâtinais in the arrondissement of Montargis, in the département of Loiret, France.

Macaire

Aubri's hound received the name of the "dog of Montargis," because a representation of the story was painted on a chimney-piece in the chateau of Montargis in the 15th century.

Montargis

Eleanor of Leicester lived in exile as a nun at the abbey in Montargis, and died there in 1275

Though the town is known to date to ancient times, during the Renaissance fanciful etymologies were invented to account for the place name Montargis, whether as mons argi, Mount of Argus, the place where the jealous goddess Juno charged Argus Panoptes with guarding her rival Io, or connected with the chieftain Moritas mentioned by Julius Caesar, in his Gallic Wars.

In 1427, during the Hundred Years' War, the Earl of Warwick besieged the town with artillery, beginning bombardment on July 15.

Princethorpe

The school incorporates the buildings of the former St. Mary's Priory, which was founded by French Benedictine nuns from Montargis who sought asylum from the French Revolution.

Vellaunodunum

The exact location of Vellaunodunum has never been fixed, suggested sites including Montargis and Château-Landon.

Xiang Jingyu

When she studied in Montargis, she read many of Marx’s works, and developed a belief in Marxism and Communism.


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Manfred Ackermann

After passing through Italy, Switzerland and Belgium, he lived in Paris, but in 1939 he was imprisoned by the French in Colombes and Montargis.


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