A fairytale castle with towers, battlements and a drawbridge, rebuilt from medieval ruins in the 1860s by the architect Viollet-le-Duc for Napoleon III. It is his vision of what a medieval castle should be, with grand halls, carvings and a romantic setting above the village and its lake.
It has appeared in many films and the series Merlin. The forest of Compiègne all around is good for walks and cycling.
The Renaissance château of François I, where in 1539 he signed the ordinance that made French the language of law and government.
The ruins of one of the mightiest castles of the Middle Ages, built in the 13th century by the powerful lords of Coucy, on a spur above the Ailette v…
An early 18th-century château east of Paris, once rented by Madame de Pompadour, with fine Rococo interiors including a Chinese salon painted with mo…
The birthplace of Gothic architecture, rebuilt by Abbot Suger in the 12th century, and the burial place of almost all the kings and queens of France …
A medieval royal fortress on the eastern edge of Paris, with the tallest keep in Europe, over 50 metres high, built in the 14th century.
The white-domed basilica on the hill of Montmartre, the highest point in Paris, finished in 1914.
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