France · 12th century
The Château de Fougères is a castle in the commune of Fougères in the Ille-et-Vilaine département of France. The castle was built on a naturally protected site, a rock emerging from a swamp surrounded by a loop of the Nançon river acting as a natural moat. It had three different enclosures: the first for defensive purposes; the second for day to day usages in peacetime and for safety of the surrounding populations in times of siege; and the last for the protection of the keep. In all it has an impressive 13 towers.
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Castle of Fougères ranks #1,397 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #106 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1200, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,335 times in the last 60 days, more than 89% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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