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Château de La Rochefoucauld

France · 11th century

Founded
1026
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois
Coordinates
45.74173°, 0.38042°
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Château de La Rochefoucauld in France
Photo: Aubry Françon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château de La Rochefoucauld, located in La Rochefoucauld in Charente, is a Renaissance château built largely around 1520 on the site of an 11th-century feudal fortress, of which the towers were preserved.

The château and its park were listed as a historic monument in 1955. Since its original construction, it has belonged to the La Rochefoucauld family.

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

In the rankings

Château de La Rochefoucauld ranks #2,761 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #214 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1026, it is older than 91% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,711 times in the last 60 days, more than 82% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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