France · 11th century
The Château de Montoire is a ruined castle in the commune of Montoire-sur-le-Loir in the Loir-et-Cher department of France.
Construction began in the 11th century; there were further building works in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
The castle is the property of the commune and is open to the public. It has been listed since 1862 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
Text adapted from “Château de Montoire” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Montoire ranks #7,630 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #723 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Blois, 39 km away. It is one of the 73 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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