France · 11th century
The Château de Salignac is the former castle of the Salignac-Fénelon family in the commune of Salignac-Eyvigues in the Dordogne département of France. It dates from the 11th-15th centuries.
It has been classified since 1969 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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Château de Salignac ranks #5,019 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #430 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 45 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Dordogne. It is stop 24 of 29 on the Dordogne castle route, Bergerac to Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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