Fère-in-Tardenois

Fère-in-Tardenois is a common department of the Aisne, chief town of canton in the area Picardy, in France.

Geography

Fère-in-Tardenois is located between Paris (100km) and Rheims (50km) and is served by Autoroute of the East. The commune is with 22km of Castle-Thierry and 25km of Soissons.

It is also served by line the SNCF Paris-Rheims from the station of the East.

The Ourcq, whose source is at only a few kilometer of Fère-in-Tardenois, crosses the city.

Administration

Demography

Monuments

The Holy church Water caltrop

It was rebuilt at the 16th century. One can see there:

of the modern stained glasses
a Mounting containing the relics of Holy Water caltrop, virgin martyrized at the 4th century
a Orgue rebuilds in 1990 which is used for recordings and concerts.

Markets

The old corn exchanges, classified historic building, were built in 1540.

The Castle of Fère-in-Tardenois

History

The castle of Fère-in-Tardenois was built of 1206 to 1260 by Robert de Dreux, grandson of Louis VI the Large, king de France. It belonged to the first house Valois-Orleans, Valois-Angouleme. In 1528, the mother of François Ier offered it to the constable Anne de Montmorency for her marriage. This one made it transform, it made build in particular its large covered bridge. The Crown confiscates it after the torment of Henry de Montmorency. It is returned shortly after to Charlotte de Montmorency, wife of the Prince de Condé. It thus passes to the branch junior by the Cop, the Princes de Conti, and thereafter with the Duc of Orleans, father of Philippe Égalité. This last partly demolishes it in 1779 to make popularity and sells materials and the pieces of furniture of them. Its creditors seize the remainder and sell it with the biddings, in Paris in 1793.

General information

The castle of Fère-in-Tardenois, classified Historic building, is characterized mainly by the presence of a monumental bridge spanning the ditches (which are dry today). This bridge, which, all things considered, strongly points out the Château of Chenonceau, comprised two stages formerly: the first was used as passage while the upper floor was a room devoted to the play and the fashionable life. A broad door surrounded by two turrets opens on the court, a flanked irregular heptagon of seven circular towers today in ruins.

The field of hunting of almost 250 hectares belonging formerly to the castle is state-owned property today and constitutes the current forest of Fère-in-Tardenois.

The last owner of the castle, Raymond of Tamerie, buried near the ruins, made some of which at the General advice of Aisne.

The charm of these ruins as well as the beauty of the places make that a luxury hotel is installed in buildings of time near the castle (Fashionable country inn of the Castle **** NR).

Events

the city was taken by the prince of Condé the November 29th 1579 and was besieged by the French royal troops in September 1580.
During the Great War, the city, and in particular the station, was disputed at the time of the Second battle of the Marne.

Personalities related to the commune

Camille Claudel, older sister of Paul Claudel, was Sculpteur, raises and mistress of Rodin, was born to with it on December 8th 1864.
Desired-Jules Lesguillier (politician) there died on September 26th 1889
Eugene Castlings-Salvaza was owner of the castle, died there the 3 dédembre 1875

See too

Site of the commune
Bibliography: Aisne , editions of Martinière, 1993, texts of Jean-Yves Montagu (ISBN 2-73-242025-5)
mayors of Fère-in-Tardenois

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