France · 10th century
The Château de Brosse is a ruined castle in the commune of Chaillac, near Saint-Benoît-du-Sault in the Indre département of France.
Located in the former province of Berry, the castle was built during the 10th century by the Viscount of Limoges, husband of Rothilde de Brosse.
The fortress, which belonged to the seigneurs of Brosse (now part of Chaillac), Chauvigny and Bourbon-Montpensier), was burned by the English during the Hundred Years' War.
All that remains today are the circular keep and its curtain wall (13th century) and their flanking towers, altered in the 15th century. The enceinte running along the promontory is from the end of the 13th century.
It has been listed as a monument historique since 1935 by the French Ministry of Culture.
Text adapted from “Château de Brosse” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Brosse ranks #6,865 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #633 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 950, it is older than 92% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 193 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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