Mont-de-Marsan was founded in 1141 by Pierre, Viscount de Marsan, as his capital. After being involved in the Wars of Religion in the late 16th century, it passed to the French crown. A military air base is just north of the town.
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Mont-de-Marsan is a commune and capital of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Mont-de-Marsan. Prefecture and commune.
Mont-de-Marsan is a commune in southwestern France, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is the prefecture (capital) of the Landes department. and the ...
Mont de Marsan has been the Prefecture of the Landes since 1790 and therefore an administrative town, where two rivers, the Midou and the twelve meet, to form ...
The town of Mont de Marsan is forever associated with sculpture with the Despiau-Wlérick museum and shares the abundance of sculptures in the heart of town on ...
Mont-de-Marsan is the biggest fortified town in Landes. It was built around its three rivers by Pierre de Lobaner, the Viscount of Marsan, in the Middle Ages.
The town of Mont-de-Marsan is the capital of the Landes department of Aquitaine, and south of the Parc Naturel Regional des Landes de Gascogne.
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Another place is emblematic of Mont-de-Marsan and Landes culture: the arenas of Plumaçon. With more than 7,000 seats, they host nearly 480 events each year! The ...
To 1133 Stone Lobaner, Viscount of Marsan, founded a castelnau (Old Castle) at the confluence of rivers, to protect the country and keep the river port. It was ...
