France · 10th century
The Château de Lusignan (in Lusignan, Vienne département, France), of which hardly any traces remain, was the ancestral seat of the House of Lusignan, Poitevin marcher lords, who distinguished themselves in the First Crusade and became the royal family of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Cyprus and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Built in the 10th century, it reached its peak four centuries later, decayed and was finally dismantled in the 18th century.
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Château de Lusignan ranks #1,839 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #138 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 950, it is older than 92% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 193 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,071 times in the last 60 days, more than 78% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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