Château de Dieppe

The Dieppe (French Château de Dieppe ) Castle is a castle in the town of Dieppe in the Seine -Maritime, located in Normandy in northern France. The present structure was built in 1435, 30 meters above the cliffs of the English Channel coast to protect the city of Dieppe by Charles of Maret on the remains of an old castle.

Already in 1188 had fixed this place the Norman - English rulers Henry II, Richard the Lionheart. 1195 this first attachment of Philippe Auguste King of France of his time out of the Capetian dynasty was destroyed in the wake of the tumultuous clashes with the House of Plantagenet and the " Angevin Empire ".

Beginning of the 15th century saw the place again at the center of recent fighting between France and England. The Dauphin, later King Louis XI. , Defeating the age of twenty in 1443, the troops under siege Talbot.

The city walls and the mighty west tower date from around 1360th Maret was build after the liberation of the city 's permission, a castle with castle square base surrounded by four round towers and an adjacent courtyard. Two of the fortification towers are located on the lake side. The stones are bricked up in the triple changes, one layer each Haustein, brick and flints. In the interiors, which today houses the Museum of Dieppe, magnificent gilded woodwork have been preserved.

Twice the castle suffered severe damage. 1694 the town of Dieppe was destroyed by Anglo- Dutch Marinekanonaden, but the castle was preserved. In the battles of World War II was the historic property historique since 1862 Monument, redrawn affected.