Château de La Roche-Clermault

Roche-Clermault Castle

La Roche-Clermault

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Where: La Roche-Clermault

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Château de La Roche-Clermault stands in La Roche-Clermault (Indre-et-Loire), in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. No visits are on record for this building.

The château de La Roche-Clermault stands a few kilometres south of Chinon, in the Indre-et-Loire department. The present building, dated by two carved inscriptions to 1638, replaced a medieval stronghold made famous by Rabelais, who set the Picrocholine war from Gargantua there. Beneath the building lies a network of underground refuges, explored by specialists from the 1960s onward, including a decorated chamber whose carvings, among them a kneeling figure, remain only partly understood.

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What to know

Opening hours, admission fees and visiting conditions are not specified in the available information.
The present château dates from the 17th century, built on the remains of a medieval stronghold.
A network of underground refuges exists beneath the building, explored by specialists since the 1960s.
The site is linked to Rabelais's work, which sets the Picrocholine war episode from Gargantua here.