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A tower steeped in history!

The entire Gray Tower, as well as the soils corresponding to the influence of its old ditches, included in a space determined by a distance of 7.70 m from the walls of the building, as delimited on the plan annexed to the decree (cad. N 218 to 221, 330; on the place Saint-Laurent and the rue de la Tour-Grise, public domain not registered): classification by decree of February 15, 2016

This tower surprises you at the turn! She is the witness of a terrible episode of the Hundred Years War. The Battle of Verneuil in 1424 pitted 11,000 French and their 7,000 Scottish allies against 14,000 English. The Gray Tower is an old keep built by Philippe-Auguste in 1204 following the conquest of the Duchy of Normandy. Its name comes from a brown stone used for its construction called grison.

The castle of Verneuil-sur-Avre is an old fortified castle, from the 12th century, now ruined, of which only the keep of Philippe Auguste remains, the "Grey Tower", which stands on the former French town of Verneuil-sur-Avre within the new commune of Verneuil d'Avre and Iton in the department of Eure, in the Normandy region. The Gray Tower is classified as a historical monument.

More info on https://www.tourgrisenormandie.fr/ an imposing medieval tower.