Historic Ruins - NM

CHÂTEAU DE COUCY

The Château de Coucy is a French castle in the commune of Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, in the département of Aisne, built in the 13th century and renovated by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th. In 1917, the German army dynamited the keep and the four towers using 28 tons of explosives. The castle was constructed in the 1220s by Enguerrand III de Coucy. The castle proper occupies the tip of a bluff or falaise. It forms an irregular trapezoid of 92 x 35 x 50 x 80 m.

Awards & Ranking

Nr. 3 ranked on the 11 Best Sights in the district Laon

  • National Monument of France
Opening hours & location

Garden or Castle sight in Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, France

Route D13 | rue du Château
02217 Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
District: Laon , France Route to CHÂTEAU DE COUCY