Château-Gaillard, watching over Petit Andely Poster

Built by Richard Coeur de Lion, Château-Gaillard stands on a limestone cliff, above the Seine, near the town of Andelys. Construction, which began in 1197, was completed less than two years later. This prompted the King of England and the Duke of Normandy to say (according to commentators at the time): “How beautiful she is, my one-year-old daughter!” Richard exclaimed: “What a good castle! "The work has been classified as a historical monument since 1862. Here is the fortress, to repropriate as it did in the years following the death of King Richard, shortly before Philippe Auguste seized it in 1204.