Discover the remains of the castle

Name: Discover the remains of the castle
Start: 2021-09-19T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2021-09-19T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Château

From medieval ruins to the Chinese Tower, more than ten centuries of history focus on the castle site.

Sunday 19 September 2021, 10:30, 14:00, 16:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Suitable walking shoes. Appointment at the foot of the Chinese Tower, rue d'Ambrail for a departure of visit at 10:30, 14:00 and 16:00.

Registration

03 29 82 53 32

©Yves Giraudon

From medieval ruins to the Chinese Tower, more than ten centuries of history focus on the castle site.

Perched on a sandstone hill that dominates the historic center, the Château d'Épinal and its medieval garden and its park offer a vast space of relaxation, a place of tranquility much appreciated.

About the location

Château

Parc du Château, 88000 Épinal

Vosges
Grand Est

A first castle, which was part with Fontenoy-le-Château and Remiremont, of the first fortresses of the southern Vosges, was built on the site around the year 1000\. It was rebuilt by the bishop of Metz, Jacques de Lorraine, around the middle of the 13th century. Perched on a rocky ridge, it presents itself as a polygonal enclosure provided with a powerful residential keep and a large tank with filtering bodies. The remains of the seigneurial house, as well as other buildings (arsenal, captain’s house, oven, chapel, etc.) were discovered during the excavation of the castle during the 1980s. Enlarged and adapted to artillery by the dukes of Lorraine at the beginning of the sixteenth century, the castle was destroyed by the troops of Louis XIV in 1670\.
This medieval fortified complex has been listed as a Historical Monument since 1992.