Saint-Fargeau is a commune in the

Yonne Yonne (, in Burgundian: ''Ghienne'') 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 con ...

department in

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

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, 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 de Chabannes (1408–1488), from 1439 Counts of Dammartin, Count of Dammartin (with a gap in 1463–1465), was a significant military and political figure of 15th-century France. An indefatigable fighter, during his long career he joined ...

, whose body was laid to rest in

Dammartin-en-Goële Dammartin-en-Goële ( or , ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is around northeast of the centre of Paris. Geography It is well situated on a hill forming part of the plate ...

; 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 ...

(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 Jacques or Jacq 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 one hundred identified noble families related t ...

. 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 LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...

, the

château A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, 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 re ...

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 name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie and Ana. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in t ...

''. 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 ''

duchess Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they a ...

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

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 Fran ...

1918 - 1990 - was a French lyricist.

References

External links

Official website
in French)
Château de Saint-Fargeau

Communes of Yonne {{Auxerre-geo-stub

Main sights

Personalities

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