Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: La Roche-Guyon

The river Seine seen from the bank at La Roche-Guyon. White limestone cliffs flank the northern riverside. Imagine 120 Viking boats, carrying about 5000 Normans, rowing up the river Seine in March 845. The Normans raided and looted Paris and only withdrew after being paid 7000 livres ransom (so called "Danegeld") by Charles the Bald. The Normans returned again in the 860s and secured loot or ransom, but 885-886 the city walls of Paris held.

La Roche-Guyon (pop. ~ 450) grew around the Château de La Roche-Guyon, built in the 12th century, to control the river Seine. Abbot Suger (St. Denis) wrote about the castle, that it was "invisible on the surface, dug in a high rock". Being on the border to the Normandie the castle had some stragetic importance. The Guy de La Roche family were the lords from the 10th to the 15th century. In the 12th century, Guy de la Roche was a vassal of Philip II of France, who rewarded his loyalty by granting him the toll for boats sailing on the Seine. In the 14th century, a mansion was built at the foot of the rock and a secret passage was dug to the upper castle. The strategic importance got lost. In the 18th century a representative entrance, terraces, a large salon, a library and even a small theater were built. Today the village, named after Guy de la Roche is one of the "Plus beaux villages de France" ("most beautiful villages of France").

La Roche-Guyon (pop. ~ 450) grew around the Château de La Roche-Guyon, built in the 12th century, to control the river Seine. Abbot Suger (St. Denis) wrote about the castle, that it was "invisible on the surface, dug in a high rock". Being on the border to the Normandie the castle had some stragetic importance. The Guy de La Roche family were the lords from the 10th to the 15th century. In the 12th century, Guy de la Roche was a vassal of Philip II of France, who rewarded his loyalty by granting him the toll for boats sailing on the Seine. Today the village, named after Guy de la Roche, is one of the "Plus beaux villages de France" ("most beautiful villages of France").

La Roche-Guyon (pop. ~ 450) grew around the Château de La Roche-Guyon, built in the 12th century, to control the river Seine. The town hall and the "halle de la marie" was inaugurated in 1847. Since some decades La Roche-Guyon is one of the "Plus beaux villages de France" (“the most beautiful villages of France”).