THE DUNGEON OF JOUY
Certainly built on an ancient Roman camp, the Jouy Dungeon is the tip of the iceberg that was the castle of Jouy. Completely disappeared until the nineteenth century, sold dismembered stone stone, the castle of Jouy only enjoys his dungeon in order to represent him… in permanent sitting. Overlooking the Aubois Valley and the Javoulet Pond in 1191, the proud building built the place of a fortin transformed by Pierre de Courtenay, grandson of Louis VI the Gros and Emperor of Constantinople. Because of the finding of an Edward III seal, it was subodore that English companies had to stay there during the Hundred Years War. Then from 1374 to the French Revolution, many famous owners, Pierre de Giac, Chancellor of France from 1379 to 1388, passing through Louis de Bourbon, Charles de la Guiche to Jules-Hardouin Mansart and the Marquise of Arpajon, Governor of Marie Antoinette… Since the inhabitants of the time built their homes with his stones, we are entitled to assume that many houses of the time have for most of them… something of the castle of Jouy! In any case, the skeleton of the dungeon is still standing and was added to the supplementary inventory of Historic Monuments on March 27, 1926.
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