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.
Loire-Atlantique
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château d'Ancenis | 140115th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | ||
Château de Blain | 120113-16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | Remodelled 16th century. | |
Château de la Bretesche | 140115th century | Reconstructed | ![]() | Reconstructed 19th century | |
Château de Careil | 130114-16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | ||
Château des ducs de Bretagne | 14661466 | Restored | ![]() | Ville de Nantes | Houses Nantes History Museum. |
Château de Châteaubriant | 100111-16th century | Intact | ![]() | Medieval castle remodelled as Renaissance château. | |
Château de Clisson | 120113-15th century | Ruins | ![]() | [1] | |
Château de la Motte-Glain | 140115-17th century | Substantially intact | Remodelled 17th century. | ||
Château de Pornic | 110112-15th century | Restored | ![]() | Private | Restored 19th century, belonged to Gilles de Rais in 15th century.[2] |
Château de Ranrouët | 110112th century | Ruins | ![]() | [3] |
Maine-et-Loire
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château d'Angers | 120113th 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 | 140115th century | Intact | ![]() | Built as hunting lodge. | |
Château de Bourmont | 140116-19th century | Intact and extended | ![]() | Private | Extended in Neo-Gothic style |
Château de Brissac | 140115-17th century | Rebuilt | ![]() | Private | Damaged during French Wars of Religion, rebuilt 1611 in baroque style.[5] |
Château de Champtocé | 120113-16th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Montreuil-Bellay | 100111-13th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | Private | Divided into rental units in 1822, restored after 1860.[6] |
Château de Montsoreau | 14551455 | Restored | ![]() | Département | Ruinous by late 19th century, restored, houses the Musée des Goums Marocains.[7] |
Château du Plessis-Bourré | 14681468-1472 | Intact | Private (open to the public) | Externally unchanged since the 15th century, working drawbridge. | |
Château du Plessis-Macé | 120113-16th century | Intact | ![]() | Converted to house 15th century. | |
Château de Pouancé | 110112-13th century | Ruins | Considered second fortress of Anjou, after Angers. | ||
Château de Saumur | 110112th 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 | 120113th century | Ruins | 19th century building of same name nearby. |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château du Bois Thibault | 140115th century | Ruins | Commune de Lassay-les-Châteaux | On site of earlier castle. | |
Château de Bouillé | 140115-16th century | Ruins | |||
Château de la Courbe de Brée | 120113-16th century | Substantially intact | |||
Château de Courtaliéru | 120113th century | Earthworks | Destroyed 15th century. | ||
Château de Lassay | 110112-15th century | Intact | |||
Château de Laval | 110112-15th century | Intact | ![]() | Comprises medieval and 19th century buildings. | |
Château de Mayenne | 100111-12th century | Intact | Museum | Incorporates remains of Carolingian palace of c.900. | |
Château de Montjean | 140115th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Mortiercrolles | 110112-15th century | Substantially intact | Transitional style between Gothic and Renaissance. | ||
Château de Sainte-Suzanne | 100111th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Thorigné-en-Charnie | 100111-15th century | Ruins |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château de Ballon | 140115th century | Intact | |||
Château de Bazouges | 140115th century | Intact | ![]() | Private | |
Château du Mans | 100111-15th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Courtanvaux | 130114-15th century | Intact | ![]() | Commune de Bessé-sur-Braye | |
Château de Sillé-le-Guillaume | 140115-17th century | Intact | ![]() | Commune | Remodelled 16-17th centuries. |
Name | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Château d'Apremont | 15341534-42 | Substantially intact | |||
Château de Commequiers | 140115th century | Ruins | ![]() | ||
Château de Noirmoutier | 110112th century | Restored | Commune | [9] | |
Château de Pouzauges | 110112th century | Ruins | ![]() | ||
Château de Sainte-Hermine | 120113-17th century | ||||
Château de Talmont | 110112th century | Ruins | ![]() | ||
Château de Tiffauges | 110112-16th 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 | 140115th century | Substantially intact | ![]() | Keep survives. | |
Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu | 130114th century | Ruins |
See also
References
- ^ 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)