Free visit of the castle of Châteaudun

Name: Free visit of the castle of Châteaudun
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Château de Châteaudun

Discover the residence of Joan of Arc’s faithful comrade-in-arms.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry

Centre des monuments nationaux

Free visit of the castle of Châteaudun

Discover the residence of a faithful comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc.
Jean de Dunois, known as the "bastard of Orléans", half-brother of Duke Charles d'Orléans, made the old medieval castle a comfortable and clear home and added a Sainte-Chapelle. His grandson François II of Orléans-Longueville enlarged the castle with a wing with Renaissance decor announcing the great castles of the Loire valley.
Work began around 1450 and ended around 1520.

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Château de Châteaudun

Château de Châteaudun, 28200 Châteaudun

Eure-et-Loir
Centre-Val de Loire

Between Tours(Towers) and Chartres, in boundaries of the plain of Beauce and at the edge of the valley of the Loir(Dormouse), built on a rocky spur, the princely castle of Jehan de Dunois, thought «the illegitimate child of Orléans» and companion(journeyman) of Jeanne d'Arc, offers to the visitors a real journey in time. Overhanging the Loir(Dormouse) of more than 60 metres, one (Re) will discover a succession of elements of medieval, Gothic architecture and Renaissance of an exceptional authenticity and of gardens inviting in dawdling.