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Caprine conqueror3/27/2023 ![]() The slit windows and walkwaysįor example can't be repaired until we have Prevents any public visit, but also hinders their Some areas that they are inaccessible without this summer's In fact, the general condition of the castle is so bad in Most necessary work we'll have done since we decided to It's our most ambitious project but also the Scale and repair whole parts of the castle's The castle's goat unit is very efficient to preventįirst time since 2015, we will now work on a large Young people reintegrating into the workforce to help us with The latter will be realised in partnership with a localĮmployment aid organization, and we'll welcome a group of The first one, in July, with our regular volunteers, and the second This year, we have schedule two work periods. Where our workers (all volunteers) can give the most of their Like every year, summer is the time of work and repair in Our volunteers in 2018, working on the portcullis needed to Today, we need your help to keep protecting the forgotten sentry.īy your side, a first step toward the castle's restoration Needs to be done Drawing of the castle courtyard after our first work of deforestation and roof repair The castle to be reborn, much more substantial work Small but essential repairs to avoid further collapse and to Since 2015 we have repaired more than 200 square meters of Walls and make a real assessment of the castle's condition. Once this important work was done, we were finnaly able to see the The living quarters from the ravages of thisĪnd with the support of our valiant goat division, they're We have salvaged the courtyards, the towers, the walls and Our first task was to save the fortress from thisĭeadly assailant. The gate and the keep as we found them in 2015 įrom all the sieges the castle had seen, this one is by far the mostĭangerous. Patient, every year the damage spread further. Loosening the stones and weakening the masonry. Ramparts, the exterior walls, infiltrating everywhere, Like a medieval army, ivy was assaulting the towers, the Were even growing high on the walls, destroying the ancient stonework ![]() ![]() Since then, our volunteers, all history lovers, have worked hard to slow downĪnd repair the damages of time. In some parts, nature had even took overĪgain, damaging the masonry and speeding up its Its former owners had left the castle in a tragic state ofĭisrepair. Inside of the castle, collapsed after a fire in 1973Ī massive fire and numerous years of neglect by Our organisation, Héritage historique (Historical heritage), aim to save and protect historical heritage could'nt remain unmoved by the castle ruin. We entered it for the first time, in 2015. That's how we discovered the fortress when Overrun by vegetation, stones missing, rooftopsįull of holes or totally collapsed, towers and walls partiallyĬollapsed. A small organisation to save a piece of history who nearly disappeared Since then,Ībandoned and forgotten, the fortress fellīit by bit to ruin, under the assault of men, nature andīut, in 2015. The cardinal Mazarin, Louis XIV first minister, ordered its dismantling in 1647. Romantic engraving of the castle keep, ruinedĪfter the Middle Ages, the castle was less and less useful, until It is while leading an invasion of French lands that William theĬonqueror died, with his son by his side.įor centuries, this stronghold was a strategic assetĭuring the wars between the French and Norman (then Anglo-Norman),Ĭontested by both powers for its strategic location. While Normandy is in theory a vassal of theįrench kingdom, the duchy is more and more in conflict with The castle, transforming it in an impressive stone sentry. Left for the Crusades) decided to heavily fortify Regent of the duchy of Normandy for his brother (who had In 1097 AD, preparing for war against theįrench kingdom, William II, king of England and Invasion by land or water can be seen from Standing right between Paris and Rouen, the Norman capital, any Stands as a guardian of the duchy's eastern Valley (the Epte is a tributary of the Seine), the fortress Whichever the case, the location of the castle is notĬoincidental: from this hill, overlooking the Epte Rollo would build the first Norman defenses in 911? Was there already a wooden protective wall or just the hill where Historians are still arguing about what the castle looked Drawing of the castle as it was in the 12th century Saint-Clair-sur-Epte treaty, the document thatĬreated the duchy of Normandy. From their parley, they agreed to sign the Viking chief Rollo and the Frankish king,Ĭharles III, met. ![]() Normandy was founded in 911 AD, in sight of theĬastle. ![]()
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