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Château de Dourdan

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Château de Dourdan

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Château de Dourdan

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Location: Dourdan, Étampes, Ile-de-France, France

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Best Road Cycling Rides to Château de Dourdan

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1. Rochefort-en-Yvelines – Pavilion Pond loop from Rambouillet

62.0km

02:33

330m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Étang du Pavillon – Bullion Church loop from Dourdan

48.6km

02:05

400m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Église de Dourdan – La Ferme des Tourelles loop from Saint-Chéron

44.7km

01:54

270m

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Eric Pinton

October 16, 2021

The castle of Dourdan is a former fortified castle, from the beginning of the thirteenth century, the remains of which stand in the former province of Hurepoix in the French commune of Dourdan in the department of Essonne, in the Île-de-France region, forty-six kilometers south-west of Paris.

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November 25, 2021

Dourdan Castle, completed around 1222 by Philippe Auguste, succeeded a wooden building dating from Hugues Capet. It is the culmination of the so-called Philippian system which is characterized by a regular plan, a wide ditch, round towers at the angles, the most important of which is the main tower, three flanking towers, a defensive entrance gate, a vast courtyard. central bordered by the royal residence and a chapel. In Ile-de-France, Dourdan is one of the only 13th century fortresses that has retained most of its structures: keep, towers, dry ditches ...

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Location: Dourdan, Étampes, Ile-de-France, France

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Château de Dourdan

1. Rochefort-en-Yvelines – Pavilion Pond loop from Rambouillet

2. Étang du Pavillon – Bullion Church loop from Dourdan

3. Église de Dourdan – La Ferme des Tourelles loop from Saint-Chéron

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