Treasury, Keep, Chateau de Vincennes, Ile de France, France
Treasury or La Salle du Tresor in the North West turret on the second floor of the Keep or donjon, off Charles V's bedroom, Chateau de Vincennes, Ile de France, France. In the King's absence the door was locked, sealed with wax and he kept the only key. From 1367, the room was used to store the Kingdom's gold, and part of the king's collection of manuscripts and objects. The Keep is 50m high, built 1337-73, the highest fortified medieval building in Europe. It has a square plan 16x16m with a square room on each floor with walls 3m thick, with a turret on each corner. The Chateau was originally built in 1150 as a hunting lodge for Louis VII, with a donjon added in the 14th century, walls in the 15th and further extended in the 17th century. It was an important royal palace until the 18th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
