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Château dit l'Oratoire de Courtiras

Vendôme

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No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where
Vendôme

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Château dit l'Oratoire de Courtiras stands in Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher), in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 18th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

Courtiras Castle, near Vendôme, is an eighteenth-century residence with a small wing featuring period woodwork and Louis XV and Louis XVI fireplaces. Service buildings surround its courtyard, including a chapel perpendicular to the eastern wing, a circular dovecote, and a sixteenth-century dwelling structure. The complex has retained its original character without significant alteration.

What to know

  • The property is not known to be regularly open to visitors.
  • The facades, roofs, chapel, outbuildings and wrought-iron entrance gate have been protected as historical monuments since 1974.
  • The site comprises a castle with its farm buildings, including a sixteenth-century structure and a chapel with adjacent structures.

Where this château is

Vendôme · Loir-et-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

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Address

Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher

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Heritage status
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
Mérimée record PA00098637
Period of construction
18th century

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Itineraries

Frequently asked

Can you visit Courtiras Castle ?
Visiting conditions are not documented. It is advisable to inquire with the Vendôme town hall or the owner.
When was the castle built ?
The main residence and wings date from the eighteenth century. Service buildings from the sixteenth century are also part of the complex.
What is protected as a historical monument ?
The facades and roofs of the castle, chapel and outbuildings, as well as the wrought-iron entrance gate, were listed in 1974.

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Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Mérimée register.

Within an hour’s drive

The most visited in this department — Loir-et-Cher

From the same period — 18e siècle