Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word DONJON

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Definitions of DONJON

1. The fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.

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Examples of Using DONJON in a Sentence

• From 1677 to 1686, the "Slot Zeist" was built on or near the ruins of "Kasteel Zeist", the original castle (donjon) of Rodgar van Zeist.
• His mother was Elisabeth de Courtenay, daughter of Renaud de Courtenay (died 1194) and Hawise du Donjon.
• The village of Crupet is noted for its grotto dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, the Crupet Castle, a moated medieval donjon, and its windmills.
• Following his victory he slighted the castle once more, pulling down the west side of the donjon and tumbling it into the Clyde, in order that it could not be reoccupied by the enemy.
• The three-tiered, five-storied donjon, the top floor of which is an observatory, was rebuilt in 1960 out of reinforced concrete to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of Odawara as a city.
• Donjon Monstres: Les habitants des profondeurs by Patrice Killoffer, Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim, Delcourt.
• Relics of the 16th century include an outsized round tower at the western corner, capped by a dome à l'impériale, and the central block in the shape of a donjon, with a slender tower on each corner, grouped around the raking roof.
• Despite the many changes, the castle kept its organization around a quadrangular courtyard, the position of the donjon and the "Hall of the Knights", details that can also be found at the Corvin Castle in Hunedoara.
• The entrance of the palace is through a great donjon tower, with crenels and alcoves dominated by an eagle with open wings.
• Cunninghamhead Castle was a square tower, referred to as a "strong old donjon" by Pont and demolished by John Snodgrass in 1747 when a mansion house was built.
• including Une matinée au lavoir, La chapelle, Déjeuner dans la cour, Le donjon, and Le salon de musique.
• Constructed around 1120-1137 by Amaury III of Montfort, the keep or donjon is the only vestige of the medieval castle of Houdan.
• The Donjon de Niort or Château de Niort (the former is most often used today) is a medieval castle in the French town of Niort in the département of Deux-Sèvres.
• In 1046 William Iron Arm began construction of Stridula (a large castle near Squillace), and by 1055 Robert Guiscard built three castles: at Rossano, on the site of a Byzantine fortress; at Scribla, the seat of his fief guarding the pass of the Val di Crati, and at San Marco Argentano (donjon built in 1051) near Cosenza.
• Surviving examples had all the common castle features depending on the terrain requirements, such as a bailey, keep (including donjon towers), battlements (crenelations, hordings and machicolations), gatehouses, moats, arrowslits, great halls, etc.
• A counter-mine gallery bypasses the foundations of tour du donjon at 15m underground, below the terre-plein.
• In contrast to the three-tiered form characteristic to the round donjons, the inner space of the square donjon of the Great Mardakan Castle is divided into five tiers.
• Kolk also writes comics series for other artists, such as Falco & Donjon for Uco Egmond, De Muziekbuurters for Ben Westervoorde, De Familie Sloterdijk for Michiel de Jong and De Kleine Dood for Hans van Oudenaarden.

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