Le Roi du Monde
Plaatsen in Europa.
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Stirling · Stirling — United Kingdom
Bannockburn near Stirling (Scotland), where Robert the Bruce defeated the English army of Edward II on 23–24 June 1314. A Designated Scottish Battlefield (Historic Environment Scotland BTL4).
Battle · East Sussex — United Kingdom
Battle Abbey and the battlefield of Hastings (14 October 1066), where Anglo-Saxon forces under King Harold II met the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy. A designated Registered Battlefield (Historic England NHLE 1000013).
Radway · Warwickshire — United Kingdom
Edgehill near Radway (Warwickshire, England), site of the first major pitched battle of the First English Civil War on 23 October 1642. A Registered Battlefield (NHLE 1000009).
Branxton · Northumberland — United Kingdom
Flodden near Branxton (Northumberland, England), where an English army defeated the Scots on 9 September 1513, killing King James IV. A Registered Battlefield (NHLE 1000011).
Long Marston · North Yorkshire — United Kingdom
Marston Moor west of York (North Yorkshire, England), where Parliamentarian and Scottish Covenanter forces decisively broke Royalist control of the North on 2 July 1644. A Registered Battlefield (NHLE 1000020).
Naseby · Northamptonshire — United Kingdom
Naseby (Northamptonshire, England), where the Parliamentarian New Model Army shattered King Charles I’s main field army on 14 June 1645. A Registered Battlefield (NHLE 1000023).
Tewkesbury · Gloucestershire — United Kingdom
Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire, England), where on 4 May 1471 the Yorkist army of King Edward IV decisively defeated the Lancastrians, ending a key phase of the Wars of the Roses. A Registered Battlefield (NHLE 1000039).
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Bibury is a Gloucestershire village on the River Coln. The National Trust describes Arlington Row as a medieval wool store later converted into weavers’ cottages. It identifies Rack Isle as a water meadow associated with drying wool.
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Market Bosworth · Leicestershire — United Kingdom
Bosworth Field (Leicestershire, England), where on 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed in battle against Henry Tudor, concluding the Wars of the Roses. A Registered Battlefield (NHLE 1000004).
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Castle Combe is a village in Wiltshire in the valley of the By Brook. The local visitor site identifies the Market Cross in the lower village and the street that descends to the brook. Wiltshire Council describes the settlement in the narrow valley carved by the stream.
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Clovelly is a fishing village in North Devon. Its estate passed to the Giffard family in 1242 after a period of royal ownership. Clovelly Court’s gardens contain restored Victorian greenhouses within old walls, and supply fruit and vegetables to the Red Lion Hotel.
Culloden · Highland — United Kingdom
Culloden Moor near Inverness (Highland, Scotland), site of the 16 April 1746 battle that crushed the Jacobite Rising of 1745. A Designated Scottish Battlefield (HES BTL6).
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Culross is a historic burgh in Fife on the Firth of Forth. The National Trust for Scotland describes its surviving seventeenth- and eighteenth-century townscape. Culross Palace is a separate visitor attraction within the burgh.
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Glasgow Botanic Gardens were founded in 1817 by Thomas Hopkirk. They were originally located in the Sandyford area of Sauchiehall Street and moved to their present site in 1842. Glasgow’s council took over the gardens in 1891, agreeing to retain their botanical purpose.
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Glasgow Cathedral, also called Saint Mungo’s or the High Kirk, is an active Church of Scotland parish church. The congregation describes the building as surviving the Scottish Reformation of 1560 intact. A Friends organisation established in 1936 supports its preservation and cultural life.
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Gloucester Cathedral describes more than 1,300 years of Christian worship and history, including a royal tomb. The institution continues to hold daily worship and offers training in heritage, conservation and music. Its cultural programme includes learning activities and concerts.
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