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Grain Tower (Tour Graintière) in Saumur / FRANCE
(Rue de Petit Mail)

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Grain Tower (Tour Graintière) Saumur / FRANCE
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Grain Tower (Tour Graintière) Saumur / FRANCE description:

This was the southern turret of the city walls of Saumur.

The name 'Grane Tower' comes from the fact that during the 17th century, the city used the tower as grain storage. From May 17th 1664 till March 21th 1790 it was a prison (where the sentenced await being brought to the gallows).



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