Medieval Louvre Castle

Louvre Castle
Louvre Castle
Part of Louvre Palace
Paris, France
	The castle in the 15th century as illustrated in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Site information
Type	Medieval castle
Condition	destroyed
Location
	Louvre Castle
Coordinates	48°51′37″N 2°20′17″E / 48.860247°N 2.338002°E
Site history
Built	From 1190
Built by	French kings from Philip II of France
Demolished	1528–1660
Events	Imprisonment of Ferdinand, Count of Flanders (1214-1226); Estates General of France (1303); Birth and death of John I of France (1316); Visits of Emperors Charles IV of Luxembourg (1377-1378), Manuel II Palaiologos (1400-1402), Sigismund of Luxembourg (1416), and Charles V of Habsburg (1540); Hundred Years' War (England occupies Paris in 1420–1436); St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (1572); Murder of Concino Concini (1617);

The Louvre Castle (French: Château du Louvre), also referred to as the Medieval Louvre (French: Louvre médiéval), was a castle (French: château fort) begun by Philip II of France on the right bank of the Seine, to reinforce the city wall he had built around Paris. Over time, it was expanded but was generally demolished above ground in stages between 1528 and 1660 to make way for expanding the Louvre Palace, while some parts of the castle's foundations were incorporated in construction of the later palace.