Guided tour of the monument

Name: Visita guiada por el monumento
Start: 2023-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de l'Histoire du Perche

The history of the castle, its architecture and its powerful lords, allied to the European kings, will have no secrets for you.

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

Ville Nogent-le-Rotrou

The history of the castle, its architecture and its powerful lords, allied to the European kings, will have no secrets for you.
The guided tour will allow you to know the origin of the castle and its millenary keep. You will finally know if the ditches of the fortified square, with an enclosure flanked by 7 towers, contained water and why the keep is deprived of its roof and its floors.
You will discover the epic Rotrou, founder of the county of Perche, then will be evoked the great families owner of the castle: the Bourbons-Condé, including the 1st prince of Condé and the wars of religion, not forgetting the minister of king Henri IV, the Duke of Sully and his wife Rachel de Cochefilet...
With this stroll in the high courtyard, between the keep, towers and main building of the Renaissance, you will discover 1,000 years of history.
Guided tours by Gwénaëlle Hamelin and Anne-Laure Boiteux

About the location

Musée de l'Histoire du Perche

Château des comtes du Perche Place Émile-Maquaire 28400 Nogent-le-Rotrou

Eure-et-Loir
Centre-Val de Loire

Dominating the valley of Huisne, an old(former) fort of the Xth century makes room for the XIth century in the powerful rectangular donjon lined with a profound ditch(gap) where from rises a circular surrounding wall(speaker), reinforced by seven round towers among which two keep(guard) the entrance(entry). The castle is invested(surrounded) during Hundred Years' War and in 1428 the donjon is burnt down by the Englishman Salisbury. A been(An a matter) of its ruins in Renaissance, the châtelet and an accommodation(housing) of two floors, giving on a turret of staircase rested(supported) in the donjon, are rebuilt. Established as duchy-peerage, the castle returns in 1624 to Sully who(which) makes build a small home of style Louis XIII there. Transformed into prison during Revolution then dedicated neglected, the castle is saved in 1843\. The rooms of the museum, which sheltered collections with ethnographic character on the Perche(Perch) since 1972, have just closed. A muséographie piece of news(short story) is under way of development to present you a route(course) devoted to the history(story) of the counts of the Perche(Perch) (castle of Nogent-le-Rotrou and its Lords, history(story) of the city and of the territory, influence(radiation) in France and abroad). The artists of the XIXth century are not forgotten, them who made known the city and the Perche(Perch). The castle, with the room of the guards, the old(former) cookings(kitchens), the donjon tours(towers,ballots), path round the battlements, High Court of Justice and farmyard, house open to visit up to European Heritage Days 2018\. Then, the whole site will close its doors for works and installation of the new museum. Opening of the set(group) in April, 2019\.