Keep of Vincennes — Attraction in Nogent-sur-Marne

good site but very rude staff. to be fair, all staff were okay except one lady who was there on April 10th around 1pm Paris time. We were confused by the sign and went upstairs which was used for exit. This lady, looks like a staff, without using any respectful words and simply asked us to "go out". I confronted her and asked her if she could be more polite and the attitude was unacceptable. She kept arguing that we were using the wrong path and there was a sign and her attitude actually got worse and more rude and turned into shouting. This has nothing to do with the fluency of English language because when she turned this argument into shouting her English was perfectly fine to express her rudeness. This is simply unacceptable. I will find a right place to file...

I had a wonderful time visiting Château de Vincennes. I bought a ticket for the tour of the Donjon. It was absolutely wonderful. The guide was very nice and knowledgeable and made the visit quite enojyable. You must go up and down quite a few steps, but since you stop on each floor, it's easy to catch your breath. At the top of the donjon you have a spectacular view of Bois de Vincennes and Paris. This is a view not many people talk about. After the guided visit, you can go into the chapel.

It's very easy to get to the castle on the subway. All you need to do is take Line 1 to Château de Vincennes. After you get out of the subway station, you only need to walk a coule of meters to the entrance...

Au milieu du Moyen-Age Vincennes fut plus qu'une forteresse militaire, à l'origine simple manoir il devient une vaste cité fortifiée destinée à abriter pendant de longs séjours la famille royale. Un long mur , l'enceinte ,flanquée de 3 portes et 6 tours de 42m de haut se développe sur 1km et protége une place de 330×175m2 occupée par un donjon de 52 de hauteur. Véritable ville pouvant accueillir des milliers de personnes. Le donjon édifié par Philippe 6 de Valois est conçu pour abriter le roi de France, la cour et son administration en cas de danger . Il est à lui seul une place forte . Le château est définitivement délaissé au début du règne de Louis 14 . C'est à cette époque que le donjon devient une prison d'état pour prisonniers de haute naissance, sa capacité ne lui permettait pas d'héberger plus de 14 détenus. Nicolas Fouquet eu droit aux honneurs de la prison avant d'étre transféré à Pignerol , le maître de Vaux-Le-Vicomte voulu rivaliser avec le roi Soleil et s'y brûla les ailes . Certains Frondeurs comme le duc de Beaufort et le Cardinal de Retz y furent aussi enfermés, de méme plus tard Barbés , Blanqui , Raspail en 1848 . Les conditions de détention s'étaient depuis la révolution...