Medieval rooms :
The guards’ room was built about 1310 by Philippe IV the Fair and was used as anteroom in a ground floor of the large-room where the king held his “justice chair” and where the revolutionary Court of April 2, 1793 create its headquarters in May 31, 1795. Three pillars divide the space into two naves. The central pillar marquee present a low-relieves for which one represent, Heloise and Abelard.
The space of the soldiers’ room is exceptional: which was built between 1302 and 1313 by Enguerrand de Marigny.
It was used as refectory for a numerous persons, about 2 000 people employed to the king’s service. Four vast chimneys ensured the heating of the soldiers’ room, which was then extensively lit by many windows. On the southern wall remains a significant fragment of the black marble Table, formerly placed in the large high room. Used in the royal feasts, it was the headquarters of various courts.
The kitchens square house which was built in the beginning of the Jean the Good reign, was intended to the "common run" of the king’s palace. Only remains the bottom of the building, which arched warheads and comprising four chimneys of royal size angle. Each of the four chimneys had one or more particular assignments (soups, poultries, meats...) and its own cooks. The four western bays of the soldiers’ room, called street of Pontis, were isolated from the rest of the room by grids and a wall. During the Revolution, they were sadly baptized by the executioner, "Mister of Paris". These four bays receive the "straws", prisoners without resources, not being able to lodge "in the pistole".
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