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Château Bayard

France · 15th century

Founded
c. 1450
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Pontcharra
Coordinates
45.42361°, 6.01889°
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Château Bayard in France
Photo: Jean.plouis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château Bayard is a castle in the commune of Pontcharra in the département of Isère (Rhône-Alpes, France), and dominates the valley of Grésivaudan in the Dauphiné Alps.

Château Bayard has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1915.

The castle has housed the Bayard museum since 1975; it presents the life and the myth of Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, the famous "knight without fear and without reproach" (French: le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche).

Text adapted from “Château Bayard” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château Bayard ranks #5,052 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #433 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 46% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,432 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Annecy, 54 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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