Credits: Juillet 2012 / ACAP - Michel Ponthieu
Caption: Large view
Credits: Juillet 2012 / ACAP - Michel Ponthieu
Caption: Prison
Credits: Juillet 2004 / ACAP - Cédric Eloy
Caption: Passageways
Credits: Juillet 2004 / ACAP - Cédric Eloy
Caption: Cell
Location type
Categories
Environment
Park or garden,
Village,
City
General presentation
Location Condition Type
Closed down,
In restoration - Work in progress,
In ruins,
In bad general condition,
Restored or Renovated
Location History
At the beginning of the 16th century, François Ier is at war against Charles the Fifth, king of Spain ( 1516 ) and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire ( 1520 ), who possesses the Netherlands, Flanders and Artois.Picardy, then border the North of the kingdom of France, is regularly destroyed by the Spanish troops and it is to protect this border which François Ier endowed Doullens of an important and luxurious citadel of wills from 1530. Nowadays, property of the General Council, construction sites of insertion are organized to maintain buildings as well as green spaces.
Construction period
XVIth Century
Dominant style
Traditionnal regional architecture,
Gothic - Middle Ages
Remarkable architectural elements
Cellar,
Corridor,
Gallery (architecture)