

🏛️Arrange visits through Musée-Galerie Carnot
Step through a 13th-century fortress gate where murder holes and portcullis grooves tell stories of medieval siege defense. A tree-lined moat path connects this tower to its twin, Porte de Joigny.
Medieval fortification
800-year-old gate
Philippe Auguste era
Original defensive architecture


🏛️Arrange visits through Musée-Galerie Carnot
Step through a 13th-century fortress gate where murder holes and portcullis grooves tell stories of medieval siege defense. A tree-lined moat path connects this tower to its twin, Porte de Joigny.
Medieval fortification
800-year-old gate
Philippe Auguste era
Original defensive architecture
What are you into?
- Medieval fortification
- 800-year-old gate
- Philippe Auguste era
- Original defensive architecture
- Villeneuve-sur-Yonne