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Château de Brancion

France · 12th century

Founded
c. 1150
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Martailly-lès-Brancion
Coordinates
46.54691°, 4.79786°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Château de Brancion in France
Photo: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château de Brancion is a former fortified castle of the 12th century, whose remains stand in the territory of the commune of Martailly-lès-Brancion, in the department of Saône-et-Loire, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

It is one of the fourteen exceptional places open to the public that have been brought together for some twenty years within "La Route des châteaux en Bourgogne du Sud".

Machine-translated from “Château de Brancion” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château de Brancion ranks #6,793 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #619 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Lyon, 87 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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