France · 13th century
The Château de Montrottier [mɔ̃tʁɔtje] is a former fortified house of the 13th century, altered several times and restored in the 19th century, which stands in the commune of Lovagny in the department of Haute-Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, some ten kilometres west of Annecy, near the Fier gorges.
Machine-translated from “Château de Montrottier” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Montrottier ranks #4,807 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #412 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 971 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Annecy, 7 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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