Château d'Oiron

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 #3,076 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #230 of the 524 mapped in France. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,819 times in the last 60 days, more than 74% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Angers, 68 km away. It is one of the 58 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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