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Structure-ID: s0003264
Created on: 05/17/02
Modified on: 04/04/08


Donjon du Château de Vincennes

Built: 1336 - 1370
Location: Vincennes, Val-de-Marne (94), Ile de France, France
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Structural Type:
Quadripartite vaulting
Function / usage:
Keep
Part of: Vincennes Castle
Part of: Vincennes Castle

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Raymond du Temple

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Dimensions
  height from adjoining ground level 50 m
  height from ditch 66 m
  length/width of first 5 levels 16.2 m
  wall thickness 3.2 m
  diameter of circular corner tourrets 6.60 m

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External LinkCastleland: Château de Vincennes French
External LinkMonum: Château de Vincennes French

Relevant Literature
* Chapelot, Jean   Charles V maître d'ouvrage, in Du projet au chantier ; pp. 339-403.
* Chapelot, Jean   Le château de Vincennes, Caisse nationale des monuments historiques. Editions Ouest-France, Rennes (France) , ISBN 2737319196, 1998.
* Chapelot, Jean   Le donjon et son enceinte, une résidence royale, in "Dossiers d'Archéologie", December 2003- January 2004, n. 289 .
* Clément-Charpentier, Sophie   Le rôle des éléments métalliques du donjon de Vincennes, in Du projet au chantier ; pp. 405-431.
* Denizeau, Gérard   Histoire visuelle des Monuments de France, Larousse, Paris (France) , ISBN 2035052017, 2003; pp. 122-123.
* Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain   Les grands travaux, in Paris et Charles V ; pp. 68-75.
* Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain   Histoire de l'architecture française (Tome 1), Editions du Patrimoine, Mengès, Paris (France) , ISBN 2856203671, 1995.
* Gouge, Francis   Donjon de Vincennes, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 5 October 2007, n. 5419 .
* Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie   Le guide du Patrimoine: Ile-de-France, Ministère de la Culture, Hachette, Paris (France) , ISBN 2010168119, 1988.
* Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie   Histoire de l'architecture française (tome 2), Editions du Patrimoine, Mengès, Paris (France) , ISBN 2856203744, 1999.
* Pleybert, Frédéric   Paris et Charles V, Action artistique de la ville de Paris, Paris (France) , ISBN 291324629X, 2001.

 
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