2-715-896 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Castle of Falaise and Fountain of Arlette', 1890. Chateau de Falaise, 12th-13th century, in Calvados, Normandy, seat of the Dukes of Normandy. Deserted during the 17th century, restoration was carried out between 1870 and 1874. Arlette’s Fountain marks the site where Robert the Magnificent is said to have fallen in love with Arlette, who he took as his wife. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]