France · 10th century
The Château de Chaumont (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də ʃomɔ̃]), officially Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, is a castle (château) in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The castle was founded in the 10th century by Odo I, Count of Blois. After Pierre d'Amboise rebelled against Louis XI, the king ordered the castle's destruction. Later in the 15th century Château de Chaumont was rebuilt by Charles I d'Amboise. Protected as a monument historique since 1840, the château was given into state ownership in 1938 and is now open to the public.
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Castle of Chaumont-sur-Loire ranks #383 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #41 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 950, it is older than 92% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 193 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 12,530 times in the last 60 days, more than 95% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 510,000 visitors in 2018. 12 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Blois, 17 km away. It is one of the 73 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. It is stop 22 of 32 on the Loire Valley château route, Angers to Orléans. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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