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I am uncertain when this was completed. But, I know it was started in the 8th century as a monastery. It was so well positioned from a military perspective, that even during the 100 years war, a small garrison held off a full attack by the British in 1433. The tide would wash away and drown soldiers in the tidal flats.
Louis XI turned it into a prison. I don't think anyone ever escaped. Although, I wonder if the escape were timed to hit at low tide, a person should be able to make it! Assuming, of course, they weren't caught in the mud!
I am uncertain when this was completed. But, I know it was started in the 8th century as a monastery. It was so well positioned from a military perspective, that even during the 100 years war, a small garrison held off a full attack by the British in 1433. The tide would wash away and drown soldiers in the tidal flats.
Louis XI turned it into a prison. I don't think anyone ever escaped. Although, I wonder if the escape were timed to hit at low tide, a person should be able to make it! Assuming, of course, they weren't caught in the mud!
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