France · 12th century
The Château de Nemours is a castle in the town and commune of Nemours in the Seine-et-Marne département of France. Located in the extreme south of the Paris conurbation, it stands on the banks of the Loing river. Transformed into a museum between 1903 and 1999, it houses collections of pottery.
The remains of the former chapel were added to the register of ancient monuments in 1926. The castle itself was made a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture in 1977.
Text adapted from “Château de Nemours” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Nemours ranks #3,165 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #242 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,002 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 10,000 visitors in 2019. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Paris, 70 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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