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The fortress once held up to 300 prisoners simultaneously, as recorded in revolutionary period prison registers when it served as a royal prison.

Dourdan Castle is a 13th-century fortress built by King Philip Augustus between 1220-1222, representing the pinnacle of "Philippian" military architecture with its square plan, defensive towers, and isolated donjon. The castle holds significant historical importance as the birthplace of Hugh Capet, the first Capetian king of France, whose father built an earlier wooden fortress on the site. Throughout its history, the castle served various roles including royal residence, hunting lodge, prison, and military barracks before being restored as a historical monument in 1964.

Well, the first comment is perfectly fine... At the historic monument in 1964...

The Château de Dourdan is an old fortified castle dating from the 13th century. The remains stand in the former province of Hurepoix, the current town of Dourdan in the department of Essonne, forty-six kilometers south-west of Paris. Completed around 1222 by Philippe Auguste, this castle succeeded a wooden building dating from Hugues Capet. The plan is regular with a wide moat, round towers, a defensive gatehouse, a vast central courtyard bordered by the royal residence and a chapel. Dourdan is one of the only fortresses in the Ile-de-France region that has retained most of its structures: keep, towers, dry ditches...

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 ...

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.

This house with a meaningful history is part of the local heritage.

a very interesting house not far from the eclimont castle. A joy to discover all this heritage