Château de Navarre — Wikipedia

The Château de Navarre was a château near Évreux in Normandy. The medieval structure was built for Queen Joan II of Navarre (wife of Count Philip of Évreux) and later came into the possession of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. In 1750 a new Chateau was built, possibly incorporating part of the medieval structure and two towers dating from the seventeenth century. Built by a relative of the great marshal General of France Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, the new building was created in the form of a cube surmounted by a large dome. It was intended that a large statue of...