Château Trompette (Bordeaux)
The Château Trompette was a fortress used by the French kings to keep the city of Bordeaux in check after the end of the Hundred Years War .
history
After three hundred years of English rule, Bordeaux fell to France after the Battle of Castillon in 1453. A little later, King Charles VII ordered the construction of two fortresses to control the England-friendly city: the Château du Far (later Château du Hâ ) on the site of the current Palace of Justice and the Château Trompette.
The fortress was fought over during the Wars of Religion and was ultimately destroyed by the insurgent city during the Fronde in Bordeaux. Louis XIV had it rebuilt from 1653 to 1655 by Pierre de Conty d'Argencour as a bastionized fortress. The final demolition took place in 1818. Today there is the wide open space of the Esplanade des Quinconces with the Monument aux Girondins .
literature
- Eckart Birnstiel: The Fronde in Bordeaux 1648–1653 . Peter Lang, New York / Bern / Frankfurt am Main 1985, ISBN 3-8204-8480-9 ( Writings on European social and constitutional history . Volume 3).
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Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′ 44.9 " N , 0 ° 34 ′ 19.9" W.