Dreux - Walls of the Old Castle — Ch. Fournail, Publisher, Dreux, No. 19

Description

View of the fortified castle of Dreux with its walls and towers, dated around 1900. Printed text recalls the construction in the 10th century and the successive sieges up to its capture in 1593 by Henri IV. Back: handwritten correspondence to M. Raymond Birglen in Gernay, Marne, with a 5-centime stamp canceled in Dreux.