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Château de l'Islette

France · 16th century

Founded
c. 1550
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Azay-le-Rideau
Coordinates
47.2675°, 0.43423°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Château de l'Islette in France
Photo: Stephane.gourichon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château de l'Islette is a 16th-century château located in Cheillé in Indre-et-Loire, two kilometres west of Azay-le-Rideau. This building is one of the monuments in the Renaissance style that are known under the generic name of the "châteaux of the Loire".

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

In the rankings

Château de l'Islette ranks #7,287 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #694 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 933 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 918 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. 15 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tours, 24 km away. It is one of the 87 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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