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Château de Gilles de Rais

France

Heritage status
monument historique inscrit
Location
Champtocé-sur-Loire
Coordinates
47.4125°, -0.86194°
Links
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Château de Gilles de Rais in France
Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château de Champtocé (Chantocé) is a castle of medieval origin located in Champtocé-sur-Loire, in Anjou, in the department of Maine-et-Loire. It is known for having been one of the places of residence of Gilles de Rais. It was registered as a historic monument in 1926.

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

In the rankings

Château de Gilles de Rais ranks #7,324 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #700 of the 954 mapped in France. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 907 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Angers, 24 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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