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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.
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 (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 ).
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 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
Hôtel de Sully in Paris, headquarters of the Centre des monuments nationaux. The Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN) (French, 'National monuments centre') is a French government body (Établissement public à caractère administratif) which conserves, restores and manages historic buildings and sites that are the property of the French state.
The current castle dates to the 12th century and was built under Louis VII of France. Hôtel de Ville Senlis has a plaque attached to honor the loyalty of Henry IV of France . The former St. Vincent Abbey was founded in 1065 by Queen Anne of Kiev and entrusted to the canons regular of the Abbey of St Genevieve in Paris, known as Génovéfains .
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