Château de Château-Renault

Château-Renault Castle

Château-Renault

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Château de Château-Renault stands in Château-Renault (Indre-et-Loire), in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The building is listed as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 12th century, 14th century, 17th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

On a promontory above the Brenne valley, at the heart of the town of Château-Renault, stands a cylindrical keep raised around 1140 for the count of Blois, after an earlier stronghold dating from the early 11th century burned down. Around it remain a masonry enclosure, a manor house reworked over the centuries, corner turrets and a gatehouse flanked by two round towers. The site traces eight centuries of family succession, from the counts of Blois to the marquis of Château-Renault and later the Calmon family, through building campaigns spanning the 12th to the 18th century.

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The 12th-century keep and part of the outbuildings are protected as historic monuments.
The site sits on a raised terrace reached from the town, involving walking on sloped ground.
The ruined north wing of the manor house, the castle mound and the fixed bridge are part of the protected ensemble but stand in a partly ruined state.
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