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Château de Machecoul

France · 13th century

Founded
c. 1300
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit
Location
Machecoul-Saint-Même
Coordinates
46.9914°, -1.81419°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Château de Machecoul in France
Photo: Melutopia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château de Machecoul is a former fortified castle, now in ruins, whose remains stand in the French commune of Machecoul in the department of Loire-Atlantique, in the Pays de la Loire region. The castle is also called "Château de Gilles de Rais" and, wrongly, "Bluebeard's castle".

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

In the rankings

Château de Machecoul ranks #6,973 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #650 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 921 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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