An aerial view of Château de Pierrefonds, one of France’s most striking castles, celebrated for its medieval revival architecture.Located in the Oise department of northern France, near the Forêt de Compiègne, the château was originally built in the 14th century by Louis I, Duke of Orléans. Dismantled in the 17th century, it lay in ruins for nearly two hundred years before being dramatically restored in the 19th century by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, under commission from Napoleon III.More than a rec