Vincennes Chateau and Chapelle, 2026

It seems like only yesterday. Well, I remember posting about it. I think. We saw the chateau and chappelle of Vincennes in 2014. Here, and here. Passing by them en eroute to the Parc Floral, we figured 12 years was enough to refresh our memories of what is actually an important place, both historically and touristically. Also to confirm, once more, that I always take the same pix, from the same angles, etc., etc. Also since our Monuments Passion memberships were running out imminently, and this was the last place of interest in Paris we hadn't seen recently.

Imposing entrance to the whole complex

The Keep...tallest in Europe

The Chapelle, we'll get to later

Medieval fortress within the outer curtain

One of the deeper, wider 13th century moats we've seen

Bridge from the entry tower to the Keep

Non-funny faces on the Keep

Atop the bell tower, overlooking the ramparts

The Tour Duo in the rainy distance

Walking the ramparts

View of the chapelle

Inside the Keep; a royal refuge for centuries, a prison in the 18th and 
19th centuries

Some of the prisoners were artistic

Some not so much

Stairs not taken

In the Marquis de Sade's cell, his words projected on the wall

Letter to his femme; probably complaining about the prison food

Now in the chapelle, looking at helpful models of the whole complex...
huge curtain, many towers, the Keep and chapelle within...

Practice for a school performance there

16th century windows

Tomb of Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, last of the Conde's;
among the last of the House of Bourbon, and an apparent heir
to the throne after the execution of Louis XVI; Enghien was executed
by order of Napoleon at Vincennes; tomb erected in his honor by
Louis XVIII in 1815; not sure what the Statue of Liberty was doing
there...nyuk, nyuk, nyuk...