So what? Medieval or not? Nineteenth-century "folly" and fairytale castle or architectural museum of the Middle Ages?
What if it was all of these?
The Castle of Pierrefonds, built in the 14th century by Louis d'Orléans, brother of the mad king Charles VI, and restored/reconstructed by Eugène Viollet le Duc, never ceases to fire the imagination.
Come and discover this massive château, witness to the power of the Valois, Napoleon III and the Romantic spirit of the 19th century!