Country France Department Gironde Population (2012) 3,543 Elevation 12 m Arrondissement Libourne | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Libourne Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 14.46 km² | |
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Vayres is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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Map of 33870 Vayres, France
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The castle was sold in 1583 by King Henry III of Navarre largely ruined, to Ogier de Gourgue, in charge of the treasury of Guyenne, a friend of philosopher and political thinker Michel de Montaigne. Ogier de Gourge commissioned a well-known architect, Louis de Foix, who was building the Cordouan lighthouse and had worked for a few years for the king of Spain Philip II.
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