Château de Vincennes
The Château de Vincennes (once called the Vieux Fort de Vincennes) is a fortress in Vincennes, in Paris's eastern suburbs, whose construction spanned four centuries—from the fourteenth through the seventeenth. France's largest surviving royal stronghold and, thanks to its towering keep, one of Europe's tallest plain fortresses, it now serves as headquarters for the Defense Ministry's Historical Service. Located roughly eight kilometers from the Île de la Cité, the fortress is easily reached via Vincennes station on RER line A or métro line 1 to...
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Nearby
- château de Versailles — 23.5 km away
- Bastille — 5.0 km away
- Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou — 6.4 km away
- palais des Tuileries — 8.0 km away
- palais du Luxembourg — 7.2 km away