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Château de La Chapelle-Faucher

France · 13th century

Founded
c. 1250
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit · classified historical monument
Location
La Chapelle-Faucher
Coordinates
45.36944°, 0.75111°
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Château de La Chapelle-Faucher in France
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Description

The Château de La Chapelle-Faucher is a castle in La Chapelle-Faucher, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It was built in the 13th century, and modified in the 15th, 17th and 18th century. It was struck by lightning in 1916, which destroyed the roofs of the castle. These have not been rebuilt.

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In the rankings

Château de La Chapelle-Faucher ranks #7,358 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #685 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 45 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Dordogne. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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