France · 17th century
The Château de Marqueyssac (French pronunciation: [ʃato d(ə) maʁkesak]), known simply as Marqueyssac, is a 17th-century château with notable gardens located at Vézac, in the Dordogne department in France. The château was built at the end of the 17th century by Bertrand Vernet de Marqueyssac, Counsellor to King Louis XIV, on cliffs overlooking the Dordogne Valley. The original jardin à la française was attributed to a pupil of André Le Nôtre, and featured terraces, alleys, and a kitchen garden surrounding the château.
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Château de Marqueyssac (Vézac) ranks #6,160 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #547 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1650, it is older than 25% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 721 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,004 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 14 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 45 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Dordogne. It is stop 22 of 29 on the Dordogne castle route, Bergerac to Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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