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Château de Portes

France · 11th century

Founded
c. 1025
Style
Renaissance architecture
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Portes
Coordinates
44.26807°, 4.02739°
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Château de Portes in France
Photo: Matpib · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château de Portes is a castle located in the commune of Portes in the Gard département of France. It overlooks the Regordane, an ancient avenue used by the pilgrims of Saint-Giles and the Croisés on their way towards the Holy Land for a distance of ten miles. The Anduze, Randon and Polignac families paid homage to the abbot of Saint-Pierre-de-Sauve for this castle between the 11th and the 14th centuries. The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Text adapted from “Château de Portes” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château de Portes ranks #5,027 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #432 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded c. 1025, it is older than 91% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,455 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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