Attractions and Places To See around Ponthévrard - Top 20

The original 13th-century wooden hall housed a royal courtroom on its upper floor where civil, judicial, feudal, and forestry cases were tried until the 18th century.

The Halle de Dourdan is a 19th-century market hall built in 1836 that replaced a medieval wooden structure dating from around 1228. Measuring 38 meters long and 14 meters wide, this impressive building features two pavilions at each end connected by a central aisle divided into seven bays. The hall serves as the heart of Dourdan's community life, hosting the weekly Wednesday and Saturday markets as well as annual festivals including the Medieval Festival in June and the Saint-Félicien Festival in September.

During the French Revolution, the church was converted into a "Temple of Victorious Reason" and later served as a prison until 1795.

A Catholic parish church dedicated to Saint Germain of Auxerre, positioned in the town center facing the castle on Place du Général-de-Gaulle. Construction began in 1150 under the canons of Saint-Chéron and was completed in the 12th century, though the building endured significant damage during the Hundred Years' War and Wars of Religion before being restored. The church has been classified as a historical monument since 1967 and measures fifty meters in length with its north spire reaching fifty meters in height.

The fortress once held up to 300 prisoners simultaneously, as recorded in revolutionary period prison registers when it served as a royal prison.

Dourdan Castle is a 13th-century fortress built by King Philip Augustus between 1220-1222, representing the pinnacle of "Philippian" military architecture with its square plan, defensive towers, and isolated donjon. The castle holds significant historical importance as the birthplace of Hugh Capet, the first Capetian king of France, whose father built an earlier wooden fortress on the site. Throughout its history, the castle served various roles including royal residence, hunting lodge, prison, and military barracks before being restored as a historical monument in 1964.

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From the town hall of Roinville, going up to the plateau via rue des Vignes, you should not miss the fortified farm of Châteaupers, a former fortified stronghold built in the 14th century, and its square tower. A dungeon which served as a watchtower in the Middle Ages: the watchman sounded his horn when he saw looters coming from the Orge valley, and the inhabitants ran to take refuge inside. The moat, partially filled in, and the drawbridge have disappeared, but Châteaupers has retained its original shape (a quadrilateral) and its medieval spirit. In the 16th century, the farm was brought as a dowry to the lord of Marais, by the daughter of the castellans of Villeconin. A tapestry, kept at the Cluny Museum, and a pencil portrait kept at the Cabinet des Estampes represent her. It is under the name of Lady of Chateaupers that she is designated in the collection of pencil portraits of the National Library. We can now discover the farm from the inside: the stately home, restored according to the rules of the art, has recently been transformed into a rural gîte. The opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Rachel de Cochefilet, the most illustrious mistress of these places, since she was the wife of a certain Sully, minister of Henri IV.