France · 16th century
The Château de Chanteloup was an imposing 18th-century French château with elaborate gardens, compared by some contemporaries to Versailles. It was located in the Loire Valley on the south bank of the river Loire, downstream from the town of Amboise and about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) southwest of the royal Château d'Amboise. From 1761 to 1785 Chanteloup belonged to King Louis XV's prime minister, the Duke of Choiseul. The château was mostly demolished in 1823, but some features of the park remain, notably the Pagoda of Chanteloup, a significant tourist attraction.
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Château de Chanteloup ranks #2,197 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #168 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded 1583, it is older than 34% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,196 times in the last 60 days, more than 79% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tours, 21 km away. It is one of the 73 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. It is stop 18 of 32 on the Loire Valley château route, Angers to Orléans. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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