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Tour Jean Sans Peur Review
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Tour Jean Sans Peur
- Address: 20 rue Etienne Marcel, Beaubourg/Les Halles, Paris | Map It
- Phone: 01-40-26-20-28
- www.tourjeansanspeur.com
- Category: Memorials/Monuments
- Location: Beaubourg/Les Halles
Fodor's Review:
If you have kids, the turret alone is worth a visit, offering a window into a murky time. Toil up the seven flights of stairs and admire the carved vaulting of sculpted vines, hops, and hawthorn, but first pick up the English pamphlet from the front desk. Jean Sans Peur (John the Fearless), duke of Burgundy, built the defensive turret in 1409 -- and he wasn't simply being paranoid. He'd recently arranged the assassination of the king's brother and was an ambitious player during the ongoing chaos of the Hundred Years' War. The turret was once attached to an elegant house and to the city walls, now gone.
- Cost: EUR 5
- Open: Nov.-Apr., Wed. and weekends 1:30-6; May-Sept., Wed.-Sun. 1:30-6
- Metro: Etienne Marcel.
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