The best castle near Paris.

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Mar 15th, 2001, 04:51 PM

Eric

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The best castle near Paris.

For a impending trip to Paris we would like to take a few pictures of a castle for my girlfriends 6th grade class. Not Chateaus but more medievil in type. Not perferct but more fomidible in construction than the gilded Chateaus.

Mar 15th, 2001, 05:38 PM

Rex

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Gaillard castle (in ruins) at Les Andelys, for starters. Here it is, in a few awesome pictures - - www.giverny-art.com/andelys/indexen.htm - - this may be the most spectacular of the line of fortification established across "English Normandy" by Richard Coeur de Lion (the Lionhearted). There are also castles (almost more a fortified city (again, ruins) at Gisors - - and a neat little tourist attraction (near Rouen, I think) - - commemorating Robert le Diable (my memory may be rusty on some of this) who stood up to Rollo, the Viking king. they have a spectacular viking ship there. I'll see if I can come up with more about this. Best wishes, Rex P.S. - - and I trust that your girlfriend is the TEACHER of the sixth grade class!

Mar 15th, 2001, 06:11 PM

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I've found a little more. The castle of Robert le Diable is apparently at Moulineaux; perhaps even better is the castle at Falaise. there are some decent pictures, and a little more info at: www.normandy-tourism.org/gb/03eglise/chat.html http://www.normandy-tourism.org/gb/2...m/chatfal.html and http://www.normandy-tourism.org/gb/t...onquerant.html Let me know if you could use additional ideas... Rex

Mar 15th, 2001, 11:33 PM

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Pierrefonds just outside Paris in the Chantilly direction.

Mar 16th, 2001, 03:57 AM

Fred

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Right in Paris there's a very ungilded chateau/castle (same thing - just the French word vs. the English word). Chateau de Vincennes at the end of metro line #1.

Mar 16th, 2001, 04:27 AM

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I love castles, and so, reading Ann's response made me want to see. It looks like her suggestion of Pierrefonds might be right on target. Well a quick search took me to this website - - www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/7231 where you can link off to http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Holl...s/castles.html - - and this in turn has a sketch of Pierrefonds. But reading about the crazy dream of these people who aspire to build a castle in Alaska is as interesting as the (rather well put together) overview of castle evolution that they present there.