Chateau de la roche-guyon stables. The castle is dug out of the limestone cliffs.
The castle was dug into a limestone hill that dominates the Seine, hidden from the enemy’s eyes, while offering a wide panorama of the valley. The lords dwelling was part of the hill of the Vexin plateau. The Lords of La Roche, traditionally named Guy, left their name to the place : La Roche Guyon. It was in 911, when the Saint Clair treaty was signed, that the castle achieved its military function, which was to defend the border. With the confrontation between the Normans and the Francs, the rupested castle of La Roche Guyon takes all its importance: it gradually becomes a fortified castle. In the XIVth century, a manor-house protected by a defensive wall was built at the bottom of the cliff, dominated at the top, by the solid stone keep which has stood there since the end of the XIIth century. Defended by two lines of walls that follow its spur shape, this keep is linked to the manor-house by a secret passage dug into the rock. Its dominating position above the Seine and Epte valleys gives it an invaluable strategic value
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Location: Rue de l'Audience, 95780 La Roche-Guyon, Ile de France, France
Photo credit: © tim hodges / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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