ROUSSILLON CASTLE
Roussillon is a city where you have to take the time to get lost in a rich past, to better understand the beauty of a city where you move too fast. This castle is located in the heart of the village of Roussillon. Fortunately and regularly renovated, it now houses the town hall and the tourist office. This is to say whether it is a good base for exploring the city! A site classified in historical monuments, this castle is worth a visit to the traces of history with a great H, since it is the only Renaissance Renaissance castle. Built in the th century for Cardinal François of Tournon, adviser to François I, according to the plans of a great Italian architect, Sebastiano Serlio, he trains one U in three parts: the new castle, the old strong house and a west wing with its suspended passage. Despite its new "functions", you can visit several remarkable pieces of the castle: large pieces of apparat, the old kitchens, the big staircase, the bedroom of Catherine de Médicis decorated with so-called "grotesque paintings" and the hall of the ceiling in fern where the famous Edit was signed, which created on January 1 as the first day of the year. A castle where famous visitors were invited to join in a visit over time.
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