Pierrefonds is located in the the Oise department in the region of Hauts-de-France.
Train from Paris Gare du Nord to Crepy en Valois or Compiègne.
Bus 657 & 658 to Pierrefonds stop at Mairie.
Courtyard.
The castle is built in the 12th century.
The chapel.
The castle was built in the 12th century.
The castle has often been used as a location for filming including Les Visiteurs, Le Capitan, Highlander: The Series, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc and the 1998 version of The Man in the Iron Mask.
The castle was used as the setting for Camelot in the BBC series Merlin; a cut scene of this castle was used to portray Wiz Tech Academy in Disney’s TV series, Wizards of Waverly Place.
In 2017, the castle was used for filming during the Canal+ and Netflix series Versailles
Bedroom of Napoléon III.
Salle des Preuses.
Formerly a courtroom, it is now the most imposing room in the castle.
During the Second Empire, the room was used as a reception hall and ballroom
The reception room.
Entrance to the castle cellars.
In 1951, the castle of Versailles deposits in the monument an extraordinary collection of a hundred original casts representing kings and queens of France as well as great princes of the kingdom, from the Middle Ages to the XVIIth century.
The winged lion of Pierrefonds.