General

The Castle of Pierrefonds

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The Monument

The castle of Coucy

[img_assist|nid=41507|title=|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=424|height=283]   The Monument The castle of Coucy’s ruins are situated on a promontory which dominates the Oise and the Ailette valleys, between the region of Soissons and the region of Laon. It was constructed at the beginning of the 13th century by Enguerrand of Coucy, […]

The Castle of Angers

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The essence of the monument

Do not be put off by the apparent austerity of this shale and limestone fortress, interspersed with 17 towers, which the young Saint Louis had built on the edge of his kingdom in 13th Century…

Cross the drawbridge and inside the castle walls you will find the pleasant residence of the Dukes of Anjou, composed of buildings constructed at the end of the gothic era and gardens. Other marvels await you, amongst which the highly exceptional Apocalypse tapestry, the largest medieval tapestry known to exist (it is 104 metres long), and the famous mille-fleurs and Passion tapestries…

The Castle of Carrouges

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Austere but captivating, the castle of Carrouges is like a summary of history from the 11th to the 20th century. It was besieged by the Plantagenêts, then rebuilt during the Hundred Years War (keep), extended in the 15th century (Blosset wing), decorated during the Renaissance (Pavilion of Cardinal Le Veneur) and fortified again during the wars of Religion (western bastion). Then, it became a magnificent residence in the 17th century (big flats) and was restructured in the Age of the Enlightenment (music room).

Lodging

The Gramont castle

The Gramont castle

Monument

Castle of Castelnau-Bretenoux

Castle of Castelnau-Bretenoux

Monument

Abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue

Abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue

Monument

The Castle of Talcy

The Château de Talcy Monument This seigniorial château was constructed towards 1420, but the keep may have been built with some more ancient components. Contemporary with the great Renaissance châteaus of the Val de Loire, however, the Italian fashion and the search for decoration did not […]

Castle of Fougères

Castle of Fougères

Monument

The castle of Chateaudun

The castle of Châteaudun

Monument