Château de Pierrefonds: Overall view, entrance to the principal residential block

Date

Circa 1910

Creator

Part of: Architectural Lantern Slides of France

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

From 1393 to his death in 1407, Louis, Duke of Orléans had the castle rebuilt by the court architect, Jean le Noir. In March 1617 the castle was besieged and largely destroyed. In the nineteenth century it became a popular "romantic ruin". Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (later Napoleon III of France) visited the castle in 1850. As emperor, he asked Viollet-le-Duc in 1857 to undertake its restoration (which is more of a re-imagining of the site in the interiors).

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Creator: G. Massiot & cie
Date: Circa 1910
Publisher: Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
Material Type: photographs
Conditions Governing Access: To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library to arrange an appointment
Related Location: Pierrefonds, Picardy, France: southeast edge of the Forest of Compiègne, north of Paris, Oise département

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Campus Location: Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
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