Vincennes is at the end of one of the 13 different metro lines. It was from the chateau de Vincennes that Louis IX departed for the crusades never to return. Later it became a state prison and was where the marquis de Sade was kept and also Mata-Hari was executed in 1917. In the nearby forest of Vincennes, Henry V of England died in 1422. Had he lived he would have accomplished what generations of his ancestors had failed to achieve - the unification of the crowns of England and France in a single person. So this could have all been ours.
11 September 2007
Chateau de Vincennes
Vincennes is at the end of one of the 13 different metro lines. It was from the chateau de Vincennes that Louis IX departed for the crusades never to return. Later it became a state prison and was where the marquis de Sade was kept and also Mata-Hari was executed in 1917. In the nearby forest of Vincennes, Henry V of England died in 1422. Had he lived he would have accomplished what generations of his ancestors had failed to achieve - the unification of the crowns of England and France in a single person. So this could have all been ours.
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