Château de Brie-Comte-Robert

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Château de Brie-Comte-Robert is a medieval castle in the commune of Brie-Comte-Robert in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region of France. The castle is located about 30 kilometers southeast of Paris. At the end of the 12th century, Robert de Dreux, brother of the King of France Louis VII, founded the town of Brie-Comte-Robert and built his castle there.

It is then built on a square plane, flanked by eight towers and girded by moat. Jeanne d'Evreux, heiress of the castle, brought the city of Brie-Comte-Robert into the royal domain, through his marriage with King Charles IV. During the Fronde, which began in 1649, the castle was looted and partially destroyed by royal troops commanded by the Count of Grancey.

In 1750, the towers and courtesies were destroyed, only the part of the first floor [not clear] and the Saint John Tower were kept. The building was then put on sale in September 1793 as a national property. The commune of Brie-Comte-Robert buys the castle and sells it to private individuals.

The buyers shave what remains of the Saint John Tower to build a bourgeois house. The city buys the castle in...