Château des Tourelles - Vernon, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
N 49° 05.893 E 001° 29.315
31U E 389670 N 5439474
[EN] The castle of Tourelles is located in Vernon in the Eure near the Old Mill. [FR] Le château des Tourelles est situé à Vernon dans l'Eure près du Vieux-Moulin.
Waymark Code: WMW0RD
Location: Normandie, France
Date Posted: 06/23/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
Views: 1

The history of this place begins in 1196, when Philip Augustus, in struggle against the King of England, Richard the Lionheart, to take back Normandy seizes Vernon, and makes this city a military base. The castle is made up of a square keep surrounded by four turrets at its corners. The whole is about twenty meters high.

During the French Revolution, this castle was used as a flour mill.

The castle of Les Tourelles was used as setting for the filming of the film Les grands vacances with Louis de Funès.

Sources : The Castle

L'histoire de ce lieu commence en 1196, quand Philippe Auguste, en lutte contre le roi d'Angleterre, Richard Cœur de Lion, pour lui reprendre la Normandie s'empare de Vernon, et fait de cette ville une base militaire3. Le château est formé d'un donjon carré entouré de quatre tourelles à ses angles. L'ensemble atteint une vingtaine de mètres de haut.

Sous la révolution française, ce château servira de minoterie.

Le chateau des Tourelles servit de cadre au tournage du film Les grandes vacances avec Louis de Funès.

Sources : Le Château

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