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Château de la Turmelière

France

Heritage status
monument historique inscrit
Location
Orée-d'Anjou
Coordinates
47.33468°, -1.18456°
Links
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Château de la Turmelière in France
Photo: Parigot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château de la Turmelière, located in the French commune of Liré (Maine-et-Loire), is best known as the birthplace of the poet Joachim du Bellay (1522-1560).

The château known to Joachim du Bellay is now in ruins. It stands in a park, where another château was built at the end of the 19th century. The remains of the old château (ruins, moats and dovecote) were listed as historic monuments by order of 18 October 1941 and are owned by the commune.

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

In the rankings

Château de la Turmelière ranks #8,068 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #813 of the 954 mapped in France. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Angers, 50 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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