Château de Sully-sur-Loire

The Château de Sully-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto də syli syʁ lwaʁ]; English: Castle of Sully-sur-Loire) is a castle, converted to a palatial seigneurial residence, situated in the commune of Sully-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

The château was the seat of the Duke de Sully, King Henry IV of France's minister Maximilien de Béthune (1560–1641), and the later dukes of Sully. It is a château-fort, a true castle, built to control one of the few sites where the Loire can be forded.

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Château de Sully-sur-Loire ranks #774 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #72 of the 469 mapped in France. Founded c. 1350, it is older than 57% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 582 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,406 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 63,000 visitors in 2015. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Orléans, 38 km away. It is one of the 58 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Loire Valley. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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