Country France Department Aisne Canton Neuilly-Saint-Front Area 18.35 km² | Region Hauts-de-France Arrondissement Château-Thierry Intercommunality Ourcq et Clignon | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 100% Humidity | ||
La Ferté-Milon is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France
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Sights
In La Ferté-Milon stand the ruins of an unfinished castle, whose façade was 200 m long and 38 m high. The singular form of the tower walls was probably designed to resist cannons and protect the gate. The façade is preceded by a moat. On the right is a square tower of which two bare walls remain. The top of the ramparts is adorned with machicolation. Access to the town was protected by a former gate of which two towers remain.
Behind the ramparts, two 160 mm cannons from 1909 sit facing towards the valley. One is annotated in Russian with the number 5085.
Personalities
The tragedian Jean Racine was born in La Ferté-Milon on 21 December or 22 December 1639.
A statue of Racine as a child is located at the bottom of the paved Ruelle des rats. Nearby is a slate-roofed church with a square belfry with four turrets in each corner, one of which serves as a staircase.
