Saint-Fargeau
Also known as Le Peletier
Saint-Fargeau is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye.
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- Locality
- Saint-Fargeau
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,674
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Saint-Fargeau is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye.
== Main sights == Saint-Ferréol church, built in Gothic style in the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable burials: heart of Antoine de Chabannes, whose body was laid to rest in Dammartin-en-Goële; burials of his wife Marguerite de Nanteuil (ca. 1422-1475), and of his son and successor Jean de Chabannes (1462-1503). Château de Saint-Fargeau (Saint-Fargeau Castle) mostly built in the 15th and 17th centuries. Musée de l'Aventure du Son (Museum of Sound Discovery) displaying more than 1000 gramophones, radios and mechanical musical instruments.
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