The Castle of Beynes

The Castle of Beynes is a fortified castle located in the center of the town of Beynes in the department of Yvelines, France.

• In XIth century : this castle, located in the valley, which was built in the eleventh century was primarily a military role at a time when the course of Mauldre was a line of defense of the royal domain westward, especially against the English during the hundred Years War.

• In XIVth century, Robert Estouteville transform the castle.

Having lost its strategic importance due to the extension of the royal domain, it became a residential castle around 1450 when Robert Estouteville him into the dungeon shaving, adjusting artillery fortifications rising and by setting up a residence more habitable. The building is still undergoing further transformations, including Philibert Delorme in the fifteenth century.

Read More...   http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Beynes

http://www.chateaudebeynes.org/Histoire.htm

http://www.chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu/chateaux-yvelines-chateau-a-beynes-chateau-de-beynes.html

The restoration of the Castle
 http://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/medias/12/lettre-information/documents/lettre-d-information-ile-de-france-n10_42.pdf


The Town

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beynes_%28Yvelines%29

http://www.beynes.fr/index.html

Itineraries and transport

http://chandt.blogspot.fr/2013/04/itineraries-and-transport.html

Chapter I, the world of Castle

http://chandt.blogspot.fr/2011/08/chapter-i-world-of-castle.html