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Château de Taillebourg
🇫🇷 France
The Château de Taillebourg is a ruined castle from the medieval era. It is built on a rocky outcrop, overlooking the village of Taillebourg and the valley of the river Charente, in the Charente-Maritime department of France. It commanded a very strategic position and was therefore the focus of much conflict throughout the medieval era.
It featured in several episodes of the Hundred Years' War and the Saintonge War before that.
Text adapted from “Château de Taillebourg” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château de Taillebourg ranks #5,490 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #475 of the 675 mapped in France. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,171 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Château de Taillebourg?
Château de Taillebourg stands in France, at 45.83389°, -0.6475°.
How famous is Château de Taillebourg?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,490 of 8,764 worldwide, and #475 in France. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Château de Taillebourg?
Château de la Roche Courbon, about 10 km away.
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