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    (the bishop, Sébastien of Montfalcon, escaped through a hidden stairwell). The Bernese installed a bailiff in the château and used it as an armory. Upon...
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    Montfalcon (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃falkɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The village lies on the left bank of the Galaure...
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    1901 1901 2006 2008 2014 "Le château de Glérolles". swisscastles.ch (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2018. "Le château de Glérolles". notrehistoire.ch (in...
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    Château des Lèbres in Banne Château de Liviers in Lyas Château de Logères in Joannas Château de Mahun in Saint-Symphorien-de-Mahun (ruin) Château de Maisonseule...
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    Baillival Castle (Bulle) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Bulle under full protection because the bishop of Lausanne Sébastien de Montfalcon had fled. Fribourg then transformed the episcopal castle into the bailiff's...
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    pupil. Picked out for ecclesiastical advancement by Archbishop Joseph de Montfalcon du Cengle, he was then transferred to the great seminary at Moûtiers...
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    Château-Bernard (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto bɛʁnaʁ]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Communes of the Isère department Parc...
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    the population of the Grenoble metropolitan area (French: aire d'attraction de Grenoble or agglomération grenobloise) was 714,799 which makes it the largest...
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    driver René Arnoux. Chevalier de Bayard, the legendary "knight without fear and without reproach", was born at the Château Bayard in Pontcharra. Pontcharra...
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    Monestier-de-Clermont (French pronunciation: [mɔnɛstje də klɛʁmɔ̃]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Communes of the Isère...
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