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Bastide

Bastides (Occitan: Bastidas) are fortified new towns built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony, Aquitaine, England and Wales during the 13th and 14th centuries, although some authorities count Mont-de-Marsan and Montauban, which was founded in 1144, as the first bastides.

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related to Further reading · 43
Bastide → Alain, Amsterdam, An, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Aquitaine, Bastides, Bentley, Beresford, Boerefijn, Colonial City, Dordogne, England, Esp, Europe, Fort Towns, France, France ISBN, Gascony, Gilles Séraphin, Grid
related to External links · 18
Bastide → Archived, Bastide Towns Archived, Centre, Ciel, Cordes, Cornell University Library, English, France, French, History, John Reps Bastides Collection, Monflanquin, Musée, Short, Site, Wayback MachineAbout, Wayback MachineBastides, Where
related to Structure and location · 17
Bastide → Adrian Randolph, Andorra, Carcassonne, Dordogne, Ease, France, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, More, Most, Randolph, River Lot, Some, The, Vella, Villeneuve-sur-Lot
related to Central square · 13
Bastide → Albias, Completely, Generally, Grid-layout, Here, It, Montauban, Saint-Lys, Single-axis, The, There, These, Tournay
related to history · 13
Bastide → Bastides, Capetian Alphonse, England, Farmers, France, Landowners, Paris, Poitiers, Raymond VII, The, Toulouse, Treaty, When
related to Structural elements · 13
Bastide → Arles, Béziers, Late Antiquity, Most, Narbonne, Orange, Roman, Scholarly, The, The Roman, They, Toulouse, West
related to References · 11
Bastide → Adrian, France, ISSN, June, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Randolph, The Art Bulletin, The Bastides, Wikisource-logo
related to City walls · 10
Bastide → At, Fortifications, Hundred Years' War, Libourne, Once, Paris, Some, Ten, Treaty, When
related to Houses · 5
Bastide → Also, Grenade-sur-Garonne, The, There, This
related to Streets · 5
Bastide → Alleys, In, Sometimes, The, They

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Béziersinstance ofwas inescapable in a region since Roman planning precedents survived in medieval cities0.80text
Narbonneinstance ofwas inescapable in a region since Roman planning precedents survived in medieval cities0.80text
Toulouseinstance ofwas inescapable in a region since Roman planning precedents survived in medieval cities0.80text
Orangeinstance ofwas inescapable in a region since Roman planning precedents survived in medieval cities0.80text
Arlesinstance ofwas inescapable in a region since Roman planning precedents survived in medieval cities0.80text
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Bastiderelated to Central squareMontauban0.60section
Bastiderelated to Central squareGenerally0.60section
Bastiderelated to Central squareSaint-Lys0.60section
Bastiderelated to Central squareAlbias0.60section
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