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Lectoure
Lectoure is a hilltop town in the Gers department of south-western France, the ancient Lactora, chief town of the Lactorates in Roman Gaul. In the Middle Ages it was a principal fortress of the counts of Armagnac. In 1473 the troops of Louis XI took it after a siege and Count John V was killed, ending Armagnac resistance to the crown.
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