1. VINCENNES This is the small bedroom community where we stayed. It grew around the Chateau de Vincennes, originally a hunting lodge and later a “keep” built by John II in the 14 th century. It is the oldest and highest mortar keep in Europe. Hotel de Ville

4. Bois de Vincennes

5. CHATEAU DE VINCENNES

6. Entrace and drawbridge

7. The Keep

8. Entrance to The Keep

9. Drawbridge over the moat around the Keep. This is the only way to get into this building.

10. Great hall

12. La Sainte Chapelle

13. Inside the Chapel

14. The Queen’s apartments – 17 th century

15. Vincennes street