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CASTLE OF MONTMIRAIL

General description

Exceptional site, historic site
This 15th century medieval castle, listed as a Historical Monument and built on one of the highest points of the Sarthe, offers the visitor a remarkable panorama. On the plinth of the small town of character of Montmirail, the castle invites you to a real journey through time and history ... Let you tell the attempt of reconciliation organized in 1169 by the King of France Louis VII the Younger , Between Henry II Plantagenet, King of England and Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. Let us guide you in the footsteps of the Princesse de Conti, daughter of Louis XIV and Melle de La Vallière, who in the 18th century restored the facade of Renaissance inspiration on the Park side and furnished in the Regency style a living room and a dining room Today ranked. The visit begins with the magnificent underground weapons halls followed by the dungeons of the 12th and 15th centuries, and ends in the Park from where the view of the ancient Perche-Gouët is impregnable.

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