- La Ferté-Milon
Infobox Commune de France
nomcommune=La Ferté-Milon
région=Picardie
département=Aisne
arrondissement=Château-Thierry
canton=Neuilly-Saint-Front
insee=02307
cp=02460
maire=Jean Dubois
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Ourcq et Clignon
longitude=3.123889
latitude=49.178333
alt moy=67 m
alt mini=62
alt maxi=156 m
hectares=1835
km²=18.35
sans=2109
date-sans=1999
dens=115La Ferté-Milon is a commune in the department of
Aisne inPicardie in northern FranceIn La Ferté-Milon stand the ruins of an unfinished castle, whose façade was 200 m long and 38 m high. The singular form of the tower walls was probably designed to resist cannons and protect the gate. The façade is preceded by a moat. On the right is a square tower of which two bare walls remain. The top of the ramparts is adorned with
machicolation . Access to the town was protected by a former gate of which two towers remain.Behind the ramparts, two 160 mm cannons from 1909 sit facing towards the valley. One is annotated in Russian with the number 5085.
The tragedian
Jean Racine was born in La Ferté-Milon onDecember 21 orDecember 22 1639 .A statue of Racine as a child is located at the bottom of the paved Ruelle des rats. Nearby is a slate-roofed church with a square belfry with four turrets in each corner, one of which serves as a staircase.
ee also
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Communes of the Aisne department References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
External links
* [http://www.linternaute.com/ville/ville/donnee/18854/la_ferte-milon.shtml La Ferté-Milon]
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