France · 15th century
The Château d'Oiron is located in Oiron, in the Deux-Sèvres département of western France. It has its origins in the 15th century war with the English for control of France when a victorious Charles VII of France gave the domain and great forest of Oiron to Guillaume Gouffier who became governor of Touraine. This château is the background for Charles Perrault's fairy tale, Puss in Boots. King Louis XIV's mistress, Madame de Montespan was one of the residents in the place.
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Château d'Oiron ranks #2,977 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #224 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 2,819 times in the last 60 days, more than 77% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Angers, 68 km away. It is one of the 73 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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