The towns of Charenton-le-Pont (to the south) and Vincennes (to the north) both border directly on a pleasant wooded area called the Bois de Vincennes (Forest of Vincennes), which actually belongs to the city of Paris. In the 13th century this patch of woods was used as a royal hunting Read More …
The City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) of Vincennes was designed by an architect named Eugène Calinaud and was inaugurated in October 1891. It was enlarged in the 1930s and was inscribed as a French Historical Monument in 1999. Here’s a closer view of the Vincennes City Hall, from the Place Read More …
Vincennes was one of the earliest royal palaces of France. It still looks very much like a medieval castle, mainly because King Louis XIV lost interest in it around 1670 and stopped tearing down the medieval parts to make room for his own kind of buildings. Unlike the larger and Read More …