This list of castles in the Centre-Val de Loire region is a list of medieval castles or châteaux forts in this French region.
Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia.
Castles of which little or nothing remains include Château de Montrond.
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil | 14th century | Intact | Private | Part medieval, part Renaissance. | |
Château de Bannegon | |||||
Château de Culan | 12-15th century | Restored | Private | Renaissance additions. | |
Château du Grand-Besse | 15th century | Fragment | Keep survives, with later buildings. | ||
Donjon de Jouy | 14th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre | 13-14th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Pesselières | 15-19th century | Rebuilt | |||
Château de Sancerre | Ruins |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château d'Anet | 14-19th century | Rebuilt | Private Access : Yes |
Residence of Diane de Poitiers, the mistress of Henry II of France. | |
Château de Châteaudun | 12-16th century | Rebuilt | Centre des monuments nationaux Access : Yes |
Converted to Renaissance residence, 12th century keep survives. | |
Château de Levesville | 15-19th century | Rebuilt | Private Access : No |
Converted to residence, towers survive. | |
Château de Maintenon | 13-19th century | Rebuilt | Conseil départemental d'Eure-et-Loir Access : Yes |
Converted to residence, medieval keep and towers survive. |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château d'Azay-le-Ferron | 15th century | Fragment | City of Tours | Medieval tower survives, incorporated into 17th century building. | |
Château de Brosse | 13-15th century | Ruins | |||
Château d'Ingrandes | 14-15th century | Restored | First built 10th century. | ||
Château du Mont | 14-15th century | Restored | |||
Château de Sarzay | 14-15th century | Ruins | Private (open to the public) | 15th-century tower survives intact. |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château d'Amboise | 11-16th century | Fragment | Extensively rebuilt by Charles VIII of France from 1492, largely demolished 18-19th centuries.[1] | ||
Château de La Celle-Guenand | 15th century | Rebuilt | Private | Remodelled in the 17th century as a private residence. | |
Château de Chinon | 10-15th century | Restored | Royal castle, setting for the play and film The Lion in Winter. | ||
Château de Cinq-Mars-la-Pile | Ruins | ||||
Château de la Guerche | 15th century | Intact | Restored 17th century. | ||
Château de Langeais | 10-15th century | Intact | Ruins of 10th century keep survive, castle rebuilt from 1465, working drawbridge. | ||
Château de Loches | 11-14th century | Ruins | Rebuilt by Henry II of England. | ||
Château de Luynes | Intact | ||||
Château de Montbazon | 11-15th century | Ruins | Keep dates from c.1000, built by Fulk III, Count of Anjou. | ||
Château de Montpoupon | Rebuilt | ||||
Château de Montrésor | c.1393 | Ruins | Renaissance mansion and ruins of medieval castle. | ||
Château du Rivau | 1445 | Intact | |||
Château de Tours | Fragment | Medieval tower survives with later building. | |||
Château d'Ussé | 15-17th century | Rebuilt | Private | Rebuilt from ruins from 1460s. | |
Château de Vaujours | 12-15th century | Ruins |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château de Chaumont | 1465-1510 | Restored | Museum | Modernised and restored in successive centuries, north wing demolished to open up views. | |
Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre | 1475 | Intact | |||
Château de Lavardin | 12-15th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Matval | 13-15th century | Rebuilt | |||
Château de Montoire | 11-14th century | Ruins | Commune | ||
Château de Montrichard | 11-12th century | Ruins | Originally built by Fulk III, Count of Anjou, dismantled by order of Henri IV of France, 1589. | ||
Château du Moulin | 1480-1501 | Fragment | |||
Château de Vendôme | Ruins |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château de Beaugency | 11th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Bellegarde | 14-18th century | Rebuilt | Known as Château des l'Hospital. | ||
Château de Chamerolles | 16th century | Intact | Renaissance château, in form of medieval fortress. | ||
Château de Châteaurenard | Ruins | ||||
Château de Châtillon-Coligny | Ruins | ||||
Château du Hallier | Ruins | ||||
Château de Meung-sur-Loire | 12-18th century | Rebuilt | |||
Château de Sully-sur-Loire | 14-17th century | Intact | Département du Loiret | On site of earlier castle, seat of the ducs de Sully until 1962.[2] | |
Château de Yevre-le-Chatel | Ruins |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Base Mérimée: Château d'Amboise, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)