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Château de l'Anglais

France · 19th century

Founded
c. 1850
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit
Location
Nice
Coordinates
43.68805°, 7.29512°
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Château de l'Anglais in France
Photo: CHRIS BONTEMPS · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château de l'Anglais is a building constructed in Nice between 1856 and 1858, marking the emergence of exotically styled châteaux in the 19th century.

Through its colour and shape, it remains one of the strongest surviving examples of the follies erected on the Riviera.

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

In the rankings

Château de l'Anglais ranks #4,749 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #400 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded c. 1850, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,802 times in the last 60 days, more than 67% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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