Castle of Pierrefonds

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1. History of the castle
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One of the most beautiful monuments and oldest which France has ". Thus expresses itself Viollet le Duc, the French architect of the XIXe century which contributed the most to the study of the monuments of the Average Age and to their restoration (quoted of Carcassonne, Palais of the Popes of Avignon, Our-Lady of Paris, inter alia). In Pierrefonds, Viollet le Duc at the same time finds the occasion to rebuild an extremely standard castle of the beginning of XVe century and to still express his creative personality, all impregnated romantic spirit. But the essence of its restoration allows us, in spite of certain freedoms of interpretation, to approach this time when France cumulated on its territory civil war and war with its English neighbors. It was about the years 1400, in full One hundred year old war...

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Castle :

Château de Pierrfonds
60350 Pierrefonds

Phone : + 33 3 44 42 72 72 fax : + 33 3 44 42 36 59

Proprietor : Stats property - Listed monument

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