Saint-Fargeau is a

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in the

Yonne Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is lo ...

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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

in north-central

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, in the historical region of

Puisaye The Puisaye () is a natural and historical region of France, now divided between the Departments of France, departments of Loiret, Nièvre and Yonne. Its historical and administrative center is the town of Saint-Fargeau. Its inhabitants are know ...

Main sights

* Saint-Ferréol church, built in Gothic style in the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable burials: heart of

Antoine de Chabannes Antoine is a French language, French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton (name), Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West ...

, whose body was laid to rest in

Dammartin-en-Goële Dammartin-en-Goële ( or ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. It is around northeast of the centre of Paris. Geograp ...

; burials of his wife Marguerite de Nanteuil (ca. 1422-1475), and of his son and successor Jean de Chabannes (1462-1503). *

Château de Saint-Fargeau Château de Saint-Fargeau is a 17th-century, Renaissance architecture, Renaissance château located in the commune of Saint-Fargeau in the department of Yonne, in the Burgundy region of France. In the 10th century, before the construction of the c ...

(Saint-Fargeau Castle) mostly built in the 15th and 17th centuries. * Musée de l'Aventure du Son (Museum of Sound Discovery) displaying more than 1000 gramophones, radios and mechanical musical instruments.

Personalities

* Saint Fargeau, or Ferreolus, (died ), an early Christian martyr *

, a significant figure of France's 15th-century history, acquired Saint-Fargeau and other lands in

previously held by the disgraced

Jacques Coeur Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

. He reconstructed the castle in the late 1460s and made other investments in the town, including the foundation of a hospital. * In the early years of the reign of

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

, the

château A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowaday ...

was the home to his exiled cousin, the wealthy ''

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

''. She lived in the

of the town, giving the building its present appearance. The building also has her monogram over its main entrance. She held the title of ''

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e de Saint-Fargeau'' in her own right. A fire in 1752 and further damage in 1850 has largely destroyed the original building. *

Jean d'Ormesson Count Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Le Fèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French novelist. He was the author of forty books, the director of ''Le Figaro'' from 1974 to 1979, and the Dean of the Académie français ...

- a French novelist, mostly writing partially or totally autobiographic novels. He was brought up at the château and was born in 1925. * Robert Gall 1918 - 1990 - was a French lyricist.

References

External links

Official website
in French)
Château de Saint-Fargeau

Communes of Yonne {{Yonne-geo-stub

Main sights

Personalities

See also

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