Fère-en-Tardenois
Fere -en- Tardenois is a commune with 3231 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Aisne in the Picardie region; it belongs to the district of Château- Thierry, the Local Government Association Tardenois and is the capital of the canton of Fere -en- Tardenois.
- 3.1 The Castle of Fere -en- Tardenois
Geography
The municipality of Fere -en- Tardenois located at the headwaters of the Ourcq, about 40 kilometers west of Reims
History
Events
- The city was captured on November 29, 1579 by the Protestant military leader Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé and retrieved by the royal troops after a siege in September 1580.
- In the First Battle of the Marne in 1914 and the Second Battle of the Marne 1918, the city was the site of fierce fighting.
Lords of Fere -en- Tardenois
- André de Baudement, † 1142 (House Baudement )
- Guy de Baudement, † 1144
- Agnes de Baudement, † before 1217, Countess of Braine etc., wife of
- Robert I the Great, Count of Dreux † 1188 (master list of Capet, House France Dreux )
- Anne de Montmorency († 1567) Constable of France, Fere received as a gift of King Francis I. on the occasion of his marriage to Louise of Savoy
Demographics
Attractions
The Castle of Fere -en- Tardenois
- The architecture of the access bridge is similar to the Chenonceau
- The foundations date from the 13th century
- The lower floor served as a transit
- The upper floor was reserved for the social life
- The Donjon is an irregular heptagon, which was flanked by seven round towers, the left destroy the Duke of Orléans in 1779.
- The surrounding hunting area is 250 acres in size
Today is located within the ruins of the castle a luxury hotel.
- Castle of Fere -en- Tardenois
Twinning
Since 1989, a partnership with the Bavarian town of Willingen value.
Personalities
- , Born Camille Claudel, sculptor and painter 1864 in Fere -en- Tardenois