Saint-Fargeau is a
commune in the
Yonne department
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Government and military
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in
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central
France, in the historical region of
Puisaye.
Main sights
* Saint-Ferréol church, built in Gothic style in the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable burials: heart of
Antoine de Chabannes, whose body was laid to rest in
Dammartin-en-Goële; burials of his wife Marguerite de Nanteuil (ca. 1422-1475), and of his son and successor Jean de Chabannes (1462-1503).
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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
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Saint Fargeau, or Ferreolus, (died ), an early Christian martyr
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Antoine de Chabannes, a significant figure of France's 15th-century history, acquired Saint-Fargeau and other lands in
Puisaye 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, the
château 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
château of the town, giving the building its present appearance. The building also has her monogram over its main entrance. She held the title of ''
duchesse de Saint-Fargeau'' in her own right. A fire in 1752 and further damage in 1850 has largely destroyed the original building.
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Jean d'Ormesson - a French novelist, mostly writing partially or totally autobiographic novels. He was brought up at the château and was born in 1925.
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Robert Gall
Robert Gall (27 May 1918, in Saint-Fargeau, Yonne – 16 May 1990) was a French lyricist. He married Cécile Berthier, daughter of Paul Berthier, co-founder of Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois. Robert and Cécile are parents of singer Franc ...
1918 - 1990 - was a French lyricist.
See also
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Communes of the Yonne department
References
External links
Official websitein French)
Château de Saint-Fargeau
Communes of Yonne
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