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JACQUES-CŒUR PALACE

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10 bis, rue Jacques-Coeur, 18000Bourges, France
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This palace is one of the finest examples of Gothic civil architecture in France.

Born around 1400, merchant, banker, shipowner, Jacques Coeur was above all a merchant whose wealth was based on the wool of the sheep of Berry and on the products brought back from the Middle East. Built on the Gallo-Roman rampart, the "grand' maison", with its three towers, its dungeon and three levels of cellars where food and merchandise were stored, also testifies by its decoration of this double vocation: scenes of wool work, ship, exotic trees... The "grand' maison" was completed in 1451, and is one of the finest examples of Gothic civil architecture in France. The spirit is innovative: the light penetrates largely the rooms equipped with comfort brought back from the East (baths, steam rooms, latrines...). Everywhere, we find in decoration the scallop shell and the heart, symbols of the master of the place. The fleur-de-lis, also very common, underlines the allegiance of Jacques Coeur, appointed Grand Argentier, to his king Charles VII. However, this did not prevent his disgrace and his brutal fall. Imprisoned and banished in 1456, he died in Chios, Greece, during an expedition against the Turks. The palace remains the witness of the intelligence of a man, of his taste and his capacity to innovate in the architectural field. Also famous for his motto "Nothing is impossible with a valiant heart" - which appears in many places in his palace - Jacques Coeur is an emblematic figure of Bourges. Take the Jacques Coeur Route to discover the most beautiful castles of the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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cynben
cynben
Visited in august 2016
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Site historique exceptionnel, reflet de l'extraordinaire richesse de son édificateur, Jacques Coeur, et de son époque, avec sa façade arrière encore médiévale et sa façade avant inspirée des villas italiennes de la Renaissance, une nouveauté pour la France et le Berry de ce temps...
Très belle visite avec exposition didactique.
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marcut
marcut
Visited in november 2015
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The palace of Jacques Coeur is a model of Gothic architecture which indicates the renaissance and its refinements (there are even a sauna, a steam room, which comfort for the Middle Ages!). Also beautiful outside (to detail the façade on the street and the courtyard) that inside, the autonomous visit is very pleasant especially if you come early while there is still little world and the façade is in light (for your photographers). With the cathedral and its crypt, and its side streets at the old, Bourges houses is a little forgotten but full of charm. And the Sologne is close…
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Ti'Claude
Ti'Claude
Visited in september 2015
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Très bel édifice construit par Jacques Coeur pour sa belle. Quand on pense qu'il ne l'a jamais habité lui-même !
Bon, ce palais aurait pu se passer de l'exposition de Claude Lévêque en 2015...
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forp580
forp580
Already façade on street is remarkable takes the time and seeks the sculpted heads, all small at the end of stone latticework of central niche: which finesse and relism of portraits. And you see this small character who shows his anus??? The interior is also a bath culture that is really worth trying, the cost!
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