Château de Pierrefonds: Rebuilt chapel in courtyard

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

From 1393 to his death in 1407, Louis, Duke of Orléans had the castle rebuilt by the court architect, Jean le Noir. In March 1617 the castle was besieged and largely destroyed. In the nineteenth century it became a popular “romantic ruin”. Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (later Napoleon III of France) visited the castle in 1850. As emperor, he asked Viollet-le-Duc in 1857 to undertake its restoration (which is more of a re-imagining of the site in the interiors).

History

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Pierrefonds, Picardy, France: southeast edge of the Forest of Compiègne, north of Paris, Oise département +49.346944+2.980278 Pierrefonds

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Nineteenth century', 'Medieval', 'Picturesque, the']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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