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Château de Chastellux

France · 11th century

Founded
c. 1080
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit · classified historical monument
Location
Chastellux-sur-Cure
Coordinates
47.3922°, 3.89°
Links
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Château de Chastellux in France
Photo: Patrick89 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Château de Chastellux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʃatly]) is a French castle with elements from the eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is located in Chastellux-sur-Cure in the Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

This castle is still inhabited by the family who built it, a rarity in France. The oldest existing part of the building, the Saint-Jean tower, was built c. 1080 AD.

The main building was the first part to be registered as a monument historique in 1925. The Saint-Jean tower and the surrounding buildings were later classified in 1976 and 1989, respectively.

Text adapted from “Château de Chastellux” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château de Chastellux ranks #6,788 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #618 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded c. 1080, it is older than 87% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 458 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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