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This austere castle, situated on the eastern outskirts of Paris, was a royal residence from the Middle Ages to the mid-17th century. Inside the defensive wall, there are in fact two castles: the 50m-high keep (currently undergoing repair) built in the 14th century, which later held political prisoners, philosophers, soldiers, ministers and churchmen; and the two classical pavilions built by Le Vau for Cardinal Mazarin in 1652, Le Pavillon de la Reine, where Anne d'Autriche, mother of Louis XIV lived, and Le Pavillon du Roi, where Mazarin died in 1661. The Chapelle Royale, started by Saint-Louis and completed by François I, stands in the main courtyard.
Address: 6km east of Paris. Avenue de Paris, 94300 Vincennes
Phone: 01 48 08 31 20
Hours: 10-noon, 1-5 (6 in summer); closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 1 Nov, 11 Nov, 25 Dec
Metro: Métro: Porte de Vincennes
Accessible: None
Admission: Inexpensive
Practical: Guided tours, shops
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