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Feu Hugon Tower
The Feu Hugon tower, now defunct, is presumed to be the first medieval residence of the Count of Tours, Counts of Tours, built around 875, although it may be later and distinct from the Palais Comtal (below), all located in the northeast corner of the ancient Gallo-Roman Cité. Historical overview Originally a large tower described as rectangular, it was later reinforced by a number of outbuildings, and then by another square tower called Saint-Antoine (around the 15th century), further to the north, all on the left bank of the Loire, in the northeast corner of Tours' ancient Gallo-Roman enclosure of Tours, Gallo-Roman city walls, near present-day Saint-Pierre-des-Corps. However, little is known about the architecture of the site, mainly through uncertain iconography, and nothing about its interior layout. Its history and chronology are equally uncertain. The towers' defensive vocation A possible justification for the construction of a tower can be found in a text from 869, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Of Tours
During the early Middle Ages, the count of Tours was the ruler of the old Roman ''pagus Turonicus'': the city of Tours and its hinterland, the Touraine. Under the Merovingians, counts at Tours were appointed local representatives of the king, such as the base-born Leudast who had made his way at the Paris court of Charibert I and was appointed count at Tours by the king in the 570s, to the disgust of Gregory of Tours. Under the early Carolingians, the counts of Tours stilled owed their position to the kings. In 828, Count Hugh was disgraced and removed from office for his reluctance to act after Abu Marwan's sack of Barcelona. Counts Adalard and Vivian (count 844–51) were also the lay abbots of St Martin's of Tours. After them the county and the abbacy were usually held together. Robert the Strong who, besides Tours, also ruled the counties of Anjou and Blois, appointed viscounts to govern the Touraine in his absence. On his death in 866 he was succeeded by his stepson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
