manuel cohen

Keep and Le Vau Gallery, Chateau de Vincennes, Ile de France, France

The Gallery, built by the architect Le Vau in 1654 and behind, the Keep or donjon, 50m high, built 1337-73, the highest fortified medieval building in Europe, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Ile de France, France. The keep has a square plan 16x16m with a square room on each floor with walls 3m thick, with a turret on each corner. The Chateau was originally built in 1150 as a hunting lodge for Louis VII, with a donjon added in the 14th century, walls in the 15th and further extended in the 17th century. It was an important royal palace until the 18th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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The Gallery, built by the architect Le Vau in 1654 and behind, the Keep or donjon, 50m high, built 1337-73, the highest fortified medieval building in Europe, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Ile de France, France. The keep has a square plan 16x16m with a square room on each floor with walls 3m thick, with a turret on each corner. The Chateau was originally built in 1150 as a hunting lodge for Louis VII, with a donjon added in the 14th century, walls in the 15th and further extended in the 17th century. It was an important royal palace until the 18th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen