France · 11th century
Château de Tournoël ranks #4,146 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #330 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded c. 1100, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,534 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
The Château de Tournoël is a medieval fortified castle partly in ruins in the commune of Volvic, in the Puy-de-Dôme département of France. The castle is located on a rocky mountain spur at an altitude of 594 m in the foothills of the Puy de la Bannière which dominates the Limagne plains (about 350 m altitude above the level of Riom).
The Château de Tournoël is privately owned and has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1889.
Text adapted from “Château de Tournoël” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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