Tourist attractions Saint-Fargeau

Phonographs, radios and all manner of mechanical musical instruments make up this collection, one of the best of its kind anywhere. In working order, phonographs, barrel organs and fairground organs make for a nostalgic experience. The golden age of ..

Built in several stages since Renaissance times, the current castle stands on the site of a fortress erected by a relative of Hugues Capet around 980. Six towers flank the building, the largest of which was built by Jacques Coeur, treasurer to King C..

Established in 1968, this park to the south of Lake Bourdon has 400ha of woodland, meadows and ponds crossed by around 100km of footpaths. Its role is to maintain this habitat for over 400 large animals living here in their wild state. Visitors on fo..

In 1998 this former quarry in the middle of the forest became the setting for a unique project to build a castle using 13C methods. No bulldozers or lorries are used: instead, horses and oxen pull carts laden with stone, wood and sand. There are no c..

Located in a pavilion of St-Sauveur Castle, the Musée Colette offers an insight into the life and work of this grand lady. Some 250 photographs and an audio presentation (texts against a background of piano music) recall the novelist's childhood, pas..

This important 13C building standing at a junction of major routes makes for an interesting visit. Massive towers and forbidding high walls soar above dry moats surrounding the castle, built in fine ochre stone patinated by time. Visit the stoneware ..

Built in 1605 at the instructions of Henri IV, the Rogny locks allow the waters of the Briare canal to drop 34m from the Trézée Valley to the Loing Valley, part of a huge project to link the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and the Channel. 12 000 men w..