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Château de Fontaine-Henry

France

Style
Renaissance architecture
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Fontaine-Henry
Coordinates
49.27444°, -0.45°
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Château de Fontaine-Henry in France
Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château de Fontaine-Henry is a stately residence located in the French commune of Fontaine-Henry, in the Calvados department of Normandy. The building is listed as a Monument historique.

Described as a "Loire château lost in Normandy", the originally medieval structure is renowned for its façades, marked primarily by the Louis XII style and Renaissance styles. Owing to its high French roofs rising to nearly 15 metres (49 ft) on the quadrangular "Gros Pavillon", the château is also considered to possess some of the highest roofs in France.

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

In the rankings

Château de Fontaine-Henry ranks #4,886 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #420 of the 787 mapped in France. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,587 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 33 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Normandy. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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