Guided tours of the City

Name: Visites guidées de la Ville
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Tour de Montlhéry

Accompanied by a guide, the history of Montlhéry will have no secrets for you! You will discover the history of the Prisons of the Provost, the porch of the Hôtel-Dieu, the Porte Baudry and the castle

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

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Mairie de Montlhéry

Accompanied by a guide, the history of Montlhéry will have no secrets for you! You will discover the history of the Prisons of the Provost, the porch of the Hotel-Dieu, the Porte Baudry and the castle of the Strain.

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À propos du lieu

Tour de Montlhéry

Allée de la Tour 91310 Montlhéry

Essonne
Île-de-France

High place of the history of France, theatre of clashes between the first Capetians and the rebellious lords of the Ile-de-France, the tower, only vestige of the castle, remains a significant witness to the constructive processes and ambitions of a military architecture developed under Philippe Auguste. Admirably situated on a hill that dominates the city, it occupied a strategic position of control of the road of Orléans, major axis of the royal domain in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It was also used in the 19th century for scientific research. Experiments were carried out on the calculation of the speed of sound and light and served as a relay for the Chappe Telegraph (extract from "Le château de Montlhéry", Itinéraire du patrimoine n°238, ADAGP, 2001).