- Gaillon
French commune
nomcommune=Gaillon
View of Gaillon from the castle
région=Haute-Normandie
département=Eure
arrondissement=Les Andelys
canton=Gaillon
insee=27275
cp=27600
maire=Serge Champey
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Eure-Madrie-Seine
longitude=1.336
latitude=49.161
alt moy=59
alt mini=8
alt maxi=144
hectares=1019
km²=10.19
sans=6861
date-sans=1999
dens=673
date-dens=1999Gaillon is a commune in the
Eure department in northernFrance .Timeline
* The origins of Gaillon probably go back to the
Romans who had built a small fortress.
* 892:Rollo , aViking chief, ravaged Gaillon and the region.
* 1192:Philippe Auguste , seized the castle in his battle withRichard the Lion Heart to regainNormandy .
* 1262: The castle was exchanged betweenLouis IX andEudes Rigaud (Archbishop of Rouen ).
* 1419: The city was put under siege byThomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence and his English army. It was subsequently retaken by the French, and then by the English.
* 1424: TheDuke of Bedford ordered the demolition of all fortifications, sparing only the home of the archbishop.
* 1497-1509:Georges d'Amboise , Archbishop of Rouen and Minister ofLouis XII , built a castle regarded as "one of the finest buildings in France."
* 1730: The road fromParis toRouen was routed through the city.
* 1797: The castle was sold as national property.
* 1812: Castle Gaillon was turned into aprison and operated until 1905 with approximately 1500 inmates.
* 1840: The Lock was built atNotre-Dame-de-la-Garenne on theriver Seine . The railway line fromParis -Rouen -Le Havre was started.
* 1866: The city began a colonyDouaire for the agricultural rehabilitation for young offenders.
* 1899: The first hill climb for racing automobiles was begun, climbing through Santa Barbara.
* 7 November 1954:Pierre Mendes France , President of the Council of France, visited.
* 9 July 1958:General de Gaulle ,President of the Republic , visited. Inaugurating the exhibition "Gardens of the castle."
* 18 October 1988:François Mitterrand ,President of the Republic inaugurated the statue ofPierre Mendes France .ee also
*
Communes of the Eure department
*Château de Gaillon References
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