Drawbridge to the donjon, Chateau de Dourdan, France

Entrance to the 30m high donjon or keep, a circular tower with 3 storeys and rib-vaulted ceilings, separated by its own dry moat, seen across one of its drawbridges, Chateau de Dourdan, built 1220-22 by Guillaume de Flamenville under Philippe Auguste, replacing an earlier wooden structure, Dourdan, Hurepoix, Essonne, France. The castle is built on a square plan, with towers along the sides, at 3 of the corners and an isolated donjon at the 4th, and is surrounded by a dry moat. From 1672-1852 it became a prison, and now houses a history museum. The castle became an Historical Monument in 1964. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13429763

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45099700

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen