France · 16th century
The Château de Beauregard is a Renaissance château in the Loire Valley in France. It is located on the territory of the commune of Cellettes, a little south of the city of Blois and a few miles from other famous Loire châteaux such as Cheverny. Although still inhabited, it can be visited by tourists. The château is renowned for its gallery of portraits decorated in the 17th century with 327 portraits of famous people.
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Château de Beauregard, Loire Valley ranks #1,607 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #126 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,656 times in the last 60 days, more than 75% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Blois, 8 km away. It is one of the 73 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. It is stop 25 of 32 on the Loire Valley château route, Angers to Orléans. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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