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France
The Musée du château de Mayenne (Mayenne Castle Museum) in a unique museum located in one of the best preserved High Middle Ages buildings in Europe. The visitor is invited to discover the incredible story of the town of Mayenne and its castle. The treasure of the museum is an extraordinary collection of pawns to play chess and table games dated from the 10th-12th centuries, with a fabulous iconography, very rare and little known in Europe.