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Dans la banlieue ouest de Paris, PRÈS de la ville de Vincennes et À proximité du bois du MÊME nom, explorez la forteresse et résidence royale connue sous le nom de chateau de vincennes. LA MAJORITÉ DE SES BÂTIMENTS ONT ÉTÉ CONSTRUITS ENTRE 1361 ET 1369, ET IL ÉTAIT LA RÉSIDENCE FAVORITE DES ROIS DE fRANCE DU 14EME AU 16EME SIÈCLE juste APRÈS le palais de la cité. Découvrez ces SIÈCLES PASSIONNANTS À travers sa remarquable structure qui a fonctionné comme prison ÉGALEMENT avant de devenir une caserne et un arsenal pendant l'époque NAPOLÉONIENNE.
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- Visitez le site le Château de Vincennes et vous serez émerveillé par ce bâtiment classique entièrement blanc, couleur qui témoigne de son statut de résidence royale.
- Explorez ses nobles tours et son donjon, fortifications utiles contre les attaques, et flânez dans ses couloirs chargés d'histoire.
- Découvrez ce donjon médiéval unique, la tour fortifiée la plus haute d'Europe avec ses 52 méteres, où le Roi Henri 5 mourut et où Fouquet, le Marquis de Sade et Mirabeau ont été emprisonnés.
- Découvrez la magnifique rosace de la Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes ainsi que la flamboyance imposante de ce bâtiment gothique.
There is a Sainte Chapelle here too. It is the centrepiece of the courtyard of the castle. It's much simpler than Sainte Chapelle on L'Ile de la Cite but nevertheless it's very beautiful in quite a stark manner. Go up to the musicians gallery and check out the scraffiti incised into the stone rail. Bored nobles back in the day? It is a true castle - there's even a moat - and it is fortified with very serious walls! There is a classic donjon which you can explore from top to bottom and you can walk right round the covered walkway - there's graffiti both old and new there, including legitimate graffiti areas where you can leave your mark. Down the back of the central castle area are the Kings apartments which now provide temporary exhibition space. There was a military history exhibition there when I had visited and there had been a big antiques fair there the previous week, just being packed up. There were parties of excited school children who looked as though they were really enjoying their visit and I noted an extensive education centre and workshops in the middle courtyard. It is pretty clear that this is no simple tourist attraction but is a living and important part of the local community to this very day. It's a bit out of the way but easy to get to on the Metro and it's right in the middle of Vincennes with the Metro station just across the road. No need for a skip the line ticket. Versailles this ain't.
The Chateau Vincennes is located at the end of the Metro line. The entrance is only a hundred yards from the station exit. The Chateau was the residence and "office" of Charles V in the 14th century and is very well preserved. It remained the royal residence until Versailles was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century. Included in the complex are a Sainte-Chapelle modelled on the one in Paris Ile-de-la-Cite. The audio tour is excellent and the keep is especially fascinating with the security it provided for the monarch and his staff. You should allow about half a day to get there and tour the Castle. There are many shops and cafes immediately outside the entrance.
More than an impressive and well maintained medieval building, the Château de Vincennes served as a fort and has the largest fortified tower still preserved in France. In its interior is a chapel of XVI century, also of impressive proportions. The visit to the inner area is free. Access to the interior of the castle and the chapel is paid at a small fee.