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The Château de Pierrefonds (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də pjɛʁfɔ̃]) is a castle situated in the commune of Pierrefonds in the Oise department in the Hauts-de-France region, Northern France. [1] It is located on the southeast edge of the forest of Compiègne, northeast of Paris, between the cities of Villers-Cotterêts and Compiègne.
Château de Pierrefonds: c.1393–1407 Reconstructed Imaginatively reconstructed by Viollet-le-Duc 1857–85, on the instruction of Napoleon III of France. [1] Château de Verneuil-en-Halatte: Ruins Royal castle of Henri IV of France. Château de Vez: 13–14th century Substantially intact
Pierrefonds (Quebec French pronunciation: [pjaɛ̯ʁˈfõ]) is a former city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located along the Rivière des Prairies on the northwestern part of the Island of Montreal (part of what is colloquially called the West Island ).
Pierrefonds (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁfɔ̃]) is a commune in the French department of Oise, Hauts-de-France, northern France, known for its Château de Pierrefonds. History [ edit ]
Pierrefonds may refer to: Pierrefonds, Oise commune in Oise, France Château de Pierrefonds, castle in Pierrefonds, restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc; Pierrefonds-Roxboro, a borough of Montreal, Canada Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School, a high-school in the borough; Pierrefonds-Senneville, the borough that preceded the current one
Château d'Aveluy in Aveluy; Château de Bagatelle, à Abbeville, classed as Monument historique, visitable; Château de Bailleul in Bailleul; Château de Beaucourt-en-Santerre in Beaucourt-en-Santerre
When this proved too complicated, he settled upon Château de Pierrefonds, a castle begun by Louis of Orleans in 1396, then dismantled in 1617 after several sieges by Louis XIII of France. Napoleon bought the ruin for 5000 francs in 1812, and Mérimée declared it an historic monument in 1848.
Porthos, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers (1844), Twenty Years After (1845), and The Vicomte de Bragelonne (1847–1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. [1] He and the other two musketeers, Athos and Aramis, are friends of the novel's protagonist, d'Artagnan.