Can the Courmenant keep be visited freely?

No access details or opening hours are documented, as it is primarily an open-air ruined site.

Where is the Courmenant keep located?

It stands in the commune of Rouez, in the Sarthe department, about six kilometres south of Sillé-le-Guillaume.

What remains of the keep today?

Sections of the walls and ditches survive, along with a doorjamb and a fragment of lintel from the former entrance.

How old is the Courmenant keep?

Its origins are believed to date to the Carolingian period, the 9th century, with alterations documented up to the 15th century.

Donjon de Courmenant

Rouez

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No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Rouez

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Donjon de Courmenant stands in Rouez (Sarthe), in the Pays de la Loire region of France. No visits are on record for this building.

Standing on a hillside above the Vègre valley, in the commune of Rouez, the Courmenant keep is now a ruined site whose origins are thought to go back to Carolingian times. The place is notable for an early defensive layout, dry ditches on three sides and a marsh protecting the fourth, and for the convergence of six old roads that once underlined its strategic and judicial importance. Visitors can still make out a doorjamb from the entrance and masonry remains reflecting building phases from the 9th to the 15th century.

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Where this château is

Rouez · Sarthe · Pays de la Loire

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72140 Rouez

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Can the Courmenant keep be visited freely?: No access details or opening hours are documented, as it is primarily an open-air ruined site.
Where is the Courmenant keep located?: It stands in the commune of Rouez, in the Sarthe department, about six kilometres south of Sillé-le-Guillaume.
What remains of the keep today?: Sections of the walls and ditches survive, along with a doorjamb and a fragment of lintel from the former entrance.
How old is the Courmenant keep?: Its origins are believed to date to the Carolingian period, the 9th century, with alterations documented up to the 15th century.