Photo Details
| Date Taken |
| Aug 27, 2012 |
| Date Uploaded |
| Feb 25, 2017 |
| Location |
| Pierrefonds, Picardie, France |
| Camera |
| Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal Length |
| 17 mm |
| Shutter Speed |
| 1/400 sec |
| Aperture |
| f/10 |
| ISO |
| 100 |
| Copyright |
| © Iulian Serb |
| Categories |
| Architecture, Black and White, Places |
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Medieval castle...
2 years, 7 monthsThe Château de Pierrefonds includes most of the characteristics of defensive military architecture from the Middle Ages, though it underwent a major restoration (19th century).In the 12th century, a castle was built on this site.Two centuries later, in 1392, King Charles VI turned the County of Valois (of which Pierrefonds was part) into a Duchy and gave it to his brother Louis, Duke of Orléans.From 1393 to his death in 1407, the latter had the castle rebuilt by the court architect, Jean le Noir