List of castles in the Pays de la Loire
This list of castles in the Pays de la Loire is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in western France.
Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia.
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château d'Ancenis | 15th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | ||
Château de Blain | 13-16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | Remodelled 16th century. | |
Château de la Bretesche | 15th century | Reconstructed | ![]() | Reconstructed 19th century | |
Château de Careil | 14-16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | ||
Château des ducs de Bretagne | 1466 | Restored | ![]() | Ville de Nantes | Houses Nantes History Museum. |
Château de Châteaubriant | 11-16th century | Intact | ![]() | Medieval castle remodelled as Renaissance château. | |
Château de Clisson | 13-15th century | Ruins | ![]() | [1] | |
Château de la Motte-Glain | 15-17th century | Substantially intact | Remodelled 17th century. | ||
Château de Pornic | 12-15th century | Restored | ![]() | Private | Restored 19th century, belonged to Gilles de Rais in 15th century.[2] |
Château de Ranrouët | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() | [3] |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château d'Angers | 13th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | City of Angers | Walls nearly 2,000 ft (610 m) in circumference, incorporating 17 towers originally 130 ft (40 m) high.[4] |
Château de Baugé | 15th century | Intact | ![]() | Built as hunting lodge. | |
Château de Bourmont | 16-19th century | Intact and extended | ![]() | Private | Extended in Neo-Gothic style |
Château de Brissac | 15-17th century | Rebuilt | ![]() | Private | Damaged during French Wars of Religion, rebuilt 1611 in baroque style.[5] |
Château de Champtocé | 13-16th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Montreuil-Bellay | 11-13th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | Private | Divided into rental units in 1822, restored after 1860.[6] |
Château de Montsoreau | 1455 | Restored | ![]() | Département | Ruinous by late 19th century, restored, houses the Musée des Goums Marocains.[7] |
Château du Plessis-Bourré | 1468-1472 | Intact | Private (open to the public) | Externally unchanged since the 15th century, working drawbridge. | |
Château du Plessis-Macé | 13-16th century | Intact | ![]() | Converted to house 15th century. | |
Château de Pouancé | 12-13th century | Ruins | Considered second fortress of Anjou, after Angers. | ||
Château de Saumur | 12th century | Restored | City of Saumur | Page for September in the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry depicts the Chateau as it looked in 1410.[8] | |
Château de la Turmelière | 13th century | Ruins | 19th century building of same name nearby. |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château du Bois Thibault | 15th century | Ruins | Commune de Lassay-les-Châteaux | On site of earlier castle. | |
Château de Bouillé | 15-16th century | Ruins | |||
Château de la Courbe de Brée | 13-16th century | Substantially intact | |||
Château de Courtaliéru | 13th century | Earthworks | Destroyed 15th century. | ||
Château de Lassay | 12-15th century | Intact | |||
Château de Laval | 12-15th century | Intact | ![]() | Comprises medieval and 19th century buildings. | |
Château de Mayenne | 11-12th century | Intact | Museum | Incorporates remains of Carolingian palace of c.900. | |
Château de Montjean | 15th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Mortiercrolles | 12-15th century | Substantially intact | Transitional style between Gothic and Renaissance. | ||
Château de Sainte-Suzanne | 11th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Thorigné-en-Charnie | 11-15th century | Ruins |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château de Ballon | 15th century | Intact | |||
Château de Bazouges | 15th century | Intact | ![]() | Private | |
Château du Mans | 11-15th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Courtanvaux | 14-15th century | Intact | ![]() | Commune de Bessé-sur-Braye | |
Château de Sillé-le-Guillaume | 15-17th century | Intact | ![]() | Commune | Remodelled 16-17th centuries. |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château d'Apremont | 1534-42 | Substantially intact | |||
Château de Commequiers | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() | ||
Château de Noirmoutier | 12th century | Restored | Commune | [9] | |
Château de Pouzauges | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() | ||
Château de Sainte-Hermine | 13-17th century | ||||
Château de Talmont | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() | ||
Château de Tiffauges | 12-16th century | Ruins | Known as Bluebeard's castle, associated with the notorious murderer, Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 1440). | ||
Tour Mélusine (keep) and fortified city | 12th or 13th century | Fragment | ![]() | Town of Vouvant | Keep and a lot of the wall enclosure, like the last city's gate, survives. |
Tour de Moricq | 15th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | Keep survives. | |
Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu | 14th century | Ruins |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Clisson, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Pornic, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château du Ranroët (ruines), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château d'Angers, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Brissac, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Montreuil-Bellay, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Montsoreau, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Saumur, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Noirmoutier, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)