Château de Rochecotte

The Château de Rochecotte is a late 18th-century château located in the French village of Saint-Patrice, near Langeais, in Indre-et-Loire. It is known for its various owners and their many successive rebuilds.

The parent of one of its owners, Boni de Castellane, described it as : "A grand Louis XVI style château - halfway up a hill dominating the Loire valley – lacking neither charm nor originality. It resembles an Italian villa, with superimposed terraces, from which the view extends to the blue and grey horizon, landscapes from old paintings."

In a letter from Dino to de Barante of 5 July 1828, she writes "I have a true passion for Rochecotte; to me, it is the most beautiful view and the most beautiful country in the world; at last this is an air which makes me live lightly and then I arrange, I return, I embellish, I appropriate... I took up country life to the letter."

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Château de Rochecotte ranks #5,617 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #485 of the 675 mapped in France. Founded c. 1775, it is older than 15% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 638 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,065 times in the last 60 days, more than 51% of the atlas. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tours, 31 km away. It is one of the 69 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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