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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 825789" data-attributes="member: 53455">The Devil’s CastleThis strange name has been given to this small fortress hugging the high cliff wall in the valley of River Cele, not far from the village of Cabrerets in the Périgord region (southwestern France). It was so named because for many years, bands of highwaymen used it as a base from which they raided farms and settlements in the area, spreading terror and causing considerable damage. To be entirely truthful, this place is also called le château des&nbsp; Anglais (“the Castle of the English”), as further bands of (that time) English pillagers also used it as their base during the Hundred Years War. Modern-day English retirees still invade the region as they find it a better place than, say, Kent or Blackpool, to spend their golden years... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" />Nikon D810, Nikkor 85mm, ƒ/1.4 G, handheld.[ATTACH=full]411893[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 825789, member: 53455"] [B]The Devil’s Castle[/B] This strange name has been given to this small fortress hugging the high cliff wall in the valley of River Cele, not far from the village of Cabrerets in the Périgord region (southwestern France). It was so named because for many years, bands of highwaymen used it as a base from which they raided farms and settlements in the area, spreading terror and causing considerable damage. To be entirely truthful, this place is also called [I]le château des Anglais[/I] (“the Castle of the English”), as further bands of (that time) English pillagers also used it as their base during the Hundred Years War. Modern-day English retirees still invade the region as they find it a better place than, say, Kent or Blackpool, to spend their golden years... :LOL: Nikon D810, Nikkor 85mm, ƒ/1.4 G, handheld. [ATTACH type="full"]411893[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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